Posts Tagged ‘rights of inmates’
Protests in Georgian Prisons: Self-Mutilation and Hunger Strikes
On Friday, February 7, 2014, approximately 800 prisoners at the Geguti prison in the ex-Soviet state of Georgia staged a hunger strike over their conditions of confinement, in particular physical and sexual abuse at the hands of the prison guards and poor medical care. Since then, the severity of the prison protests has only increased,…
Read MoreWhat Federal Inmates Should Do When Charged With Disciplinary Infractions
Disciplinary infractions are a fact of life for inmates incarcerated within the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Simply put, those incarcerated in federal prison will likely have to defend against incident reports at some point during their incarceration. Learning how to defend against a disciplinary action is not something that should be done after an incident…
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