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Study finds mentally ill inmates kept in solitary confinement longer than their peers


RT
Fri, 14 Jul 2017 16:54 UTC
jail door
© Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters
Inmates with mental health issues are kept in solitary confinement longer than their peers in federal prisons, according to a new study that finds the mentally ill spend years holed up without any human contact or treatment for their disorders.

Although the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) claims it does not keep inmates in solitary confinement, a large number of inmates with mental illness were found to be confined to "restrictive housing units" for long periods of time in violation of federal policy, according to a report released Wednesday by the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Inspector General (OIG).

Michael Horowitz, Inspector General for the DOJ, said an investigation into the BOP concluded it does not limit the amount of time that inmates are kept in restrictive housing units (RHU), nor does it monitor the total amount of time that inmates spend in RHU.

"This was particularly concerning given that the BOP recognizes that inmates' mental health can deteriorate while in restrictive housing," Horowitz said.
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Mark Zuckerberg comes face-to-face with why Trump won

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Thu, 13 Jul 2017 04:50 UTC
Zuckerberg hardhats
© Conservative News
Zuckerberg stop on his personal challenge to visit every state this year.
Mark Zuckerberg, the 30-something billionaire founder of Facebook, hasn't lived a 'normal' life...at least not at any point in the recent past. He grew up in a suburb of New York City and now hobnobs with the elites of Silicon Valley, at least when he's not enjoying that massive chunk of Kauai that he recently purchased for his own private use.

So what do you do when you've become completely disconnected from the 'foreign' world that all of middle America calls 'reality' and have no idea why you just got massively blindsided by a national election that you thought was a foregone conclusion? Well, you take a trip to Williston, North Dakota.

As Zuckerberg apparently learned for the first time while visiting oil workers in a tiny North Dakota town, there are entire industries that exist outside of Silicon Valley...industries that provide great wages and support thousands of American families. And, as it turns out, those people are sick and tired of having their jobs threatened by their own government and being demonized by Hollywood liberals for their efforts to provide economical access to energy.

Comment: Some call it progress. Some call it business. Some call it earning a living. The Sioux call it something else. Only hearing the headlines and broad-stroke arguments most definitely slighted the intricacies and benefit/detriment perspectives of this pipeline change-about. Likewise, there will be little to nothing reported on the Sioux and their concerns from here on out.

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School resource police officer fired but avoids charges after getting caught "sexting" with children

Jack Burns
The Free Thought Project
Fri, 14 Jul 2017 16:47 UTC
Milton Arroyo

Pasco County Sheriff’s Deputy Corporal Milton Arroyo
A career police officer, who spent nearly two decades in the line of duty in New York, is now one of the latest school resource officers to be fired for inappropriate relationships with children under his supervision.

Pasco County Sheriff's Deputy Corporal Milton Arroyo was fired last week, after investigators said he used police computer systems to find personal information about individuals for his own personal reasons, and he broke police department policies involving social media and minors, with students at a local school.

Detectives said Arroyo was "dancing on that fine line" between what is legal and what is illegal, when it was discovered he had been propositioning minor schoolchildren for "sexting" on Snapchat.

For example, instead of asking a girl to show him her breasts—which would have been a felony—Arroyo reportedly asked her only to show him her bra. That simple distinction kept him from being charged with child sex crimes. Instead, he only lost his job.
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Books

Under Daesh rule Mosul goes three years without education


Sputnik
Fri, 14 Jul 2017 13:01 UTC
School resumes Mosul
© AFP 2017/ Fadel Senna
A welcome new normal.
The majority of school-aged children in Iraqi Mosul have failed to study for the past three years, as the city had been under the control of the Daesh terrorist group.

A Sputnik correspondent managed to talk to some of the pupils from Mosul and their parents. After the city was liberated and the siege was lifted, these children went to other districts in the country to pass their exams in public schools that remained open.

Mohammed, a fourth grader, said that the militants deprived him of his favorite teacher.
"I loved my teacher. After Daesh militants came to our neighborhood, they forbade the female teachers from working at the boys' school," Mohammed said. Mohammed added that he studied only one week at school under the Daesh rule, and all he learned was that "one bullet plus one bullet equals two bullets."
The boy's mother said that parents in Mosul made their own decision not to send children to schools managed by Daesh.
"We forbade our children from attending Daesh —controlled schools. For example, my son was given a textbook for fifth grade students which described how to make bombs and explosives," Mohammed's mother told Sputnik, adding that the parents had no idea where the Daesh militants got these textbooks or how they managed to print them.

Comment: Mosul's next generation: Despite the horrors of occupation, there are signs of relief and hope as the city and the society contemplates returning to semblances of normality. What won't be immediately evident is the psychological rends and damage underlying and influencing the way forward.

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Family

HRW condemnation: Collective punishment and war crimes regarding forced relocation of ISIS families in Iraq


RT
Thu, 13 Jul 2017 12:33 UTC
rehab camp
© Thomas Coex / AFP
Forced relocations of alleged Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) terrorists' families to a "rehabilitation camp" in Iraq are an act of collective punishment, Human Rights Watch has stated. RT spoke to an HRW member who visited the camp.

In a report published Thursday, HRW said that at least 170 families of suspected ISIS fighters, mainly women and children, were relocated against their will to a closed "rehabilitation camp" in Bartalla, 14 kilometers east of Mosul, Iraq, recently retaken from terrorists. The organization considers the relocations "abusive acts" amounting to "war crimes."

The Middle East director at HRW, Lama Fakih, called on Iraqi authorities to stop abusive actions against entire families, noting that such abuses impede reconciliation in the liberated areas.
"Iraqi authorities shouldn't punish entire families because of their relatives' actions," Fakih said. "These abusive acts are war crimes and are sabotaging efforts to promote reconciliation in areas retaken from ISIS."
The first so-called "rehabilitation camp" was reportedly established on Sunday to give the families "psychological and ideological rehabilitation," according to HRW.


Comment: Precautions edging on rights abuse...a sticky wicket as neither war, nor its cleanup are perfected processes. At least these families are still together and considered 'safe' for the time being. Punishment? Maybe so, maybe no. Depends on what happens next.

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Snakes in Suits

Israel lobby at work: Miami officials force children to boycott Roger Waters performance

Adam Garrie
The Duran
Fri, 14 Jul 2017 16:18 UTC
Children have been cheated out of an exciting artistic experience due to pressure from the Israel lobby.
roger waters concert
Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters is currently on tour in North America. In spite of the success of the musical tour, Waters has found himself on the receiving end of a campaign by the Israeli lobby to boycott his performances and records due to his vocal support of Palestine.

Recently, members of the Israel lobby announced the production of a film called 'Wish You Weren't Here' a film critical of Rogers which appropriates the name of the multi-platinum 1975 Pink Floyd album Wish You Were Here.

During recent concert tours, Waters has invited local school children from poor families to sing and dance on stage with his band.

Comment: More on Roger Water's brave stance in support of the Palestinians:

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Fish

Eels on wheels: Oregon highway & cars get slimed after 4 tons of eels spill out of semi-truck


RT
Fri, 14 Jul 2017 09:10 UTC
Eels on wheels
© Oregon State Police / Facebook
A highway in Oregon turned into a scene from a goopy nightmare when a truck carrying live eels overturned, covering the road with nearly four tons of "slime eels." Officials said that the highway has since been cleared and all lanes have been reopened.

Oregon State Police say the incident began when a semi-truck heading north on US highway 101 failed to stop at a construction zone and overturned around 12:00pm on Thursday, according to KGW.

The truck was holding 7,500 pounds of "slime eels" headed to Korea for consumption. When the weight of the truck shifted, one of the containers fell off the truck. The remaining containers and the flatbed then separated, causing four other cars to smash into each other.

The contents of the truck quickly spilled onto the surrounding cars and across the highway.
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War Whore

Florida cops pull over state attorney - awkwardly struggle to explain why she was stopped


RT
Fri, 14 Jul 2017 16:00 UTC
state atorney traffic stop
© Orlando Police Department / YouTube
Traffic cops pull over State Attorney Aramis Ayala for no reason
Bodycam footage of two Orlando police officers pulling over Florida's first and only black state attorney has gone viral. The cops, now accused of racial profiling, claimed her tags didn't come back as registered and also eyed her legally tinted windows.

On Wednesday, the Orlando Police Department (OPD) released the bodycam footage from an officer who pulled over State Attorney Aramis Ayala on June 19.

When the officer approached her window, she handed him her license. After scanning it, the cop asked her what agency she worked for. Ayala, who serves as state attorney in the 9th Circuit, told him who she was, at which point the officer quickly gave her license back and launched into an explanation of why she was stopped.
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Dollars

US soldier's widow seeks cash from husband's alleged killer after Canadian government 'paid him $8mn'


RT
Fri, 14 Jul 2017 08:59 UTC
Omar Khadr
© Todd Korol / Reuters
Omar Khadr
The widow of a slain US soldier is fighting to be awarded millions from her husband's alleged killer, after the former Guantanamo Bay prisoner was reportedly paid US$8 million by the Canadian government.

The case goes back to 2002, when US Army Sgt. First Class Christopher Speer was killed during a firefight at a suspected Al-Qaeda compound in Afghanistan.

His alleged killer, just 15 years old at the time, was Canadian-born Omar Khadr. He was suspected of throwing the grenade that killed Speer.

Comment: See also: Canadian government apologizes to former Gitmo inmate, admits human rights breach

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Dollars

$40mn marijuana tax funds Colorado's school repairs each year


RT
Fri, 14 Jul 2017 15:39 UTC
marijuana and money
© Rick Wilking / Reuters
Legal marijuana is big business in Colorado. May marked the 12th consecutive month weed sales exceeded $100 million with tens of millions in tax revenue going to fix many of the state's crumbling schools.

The total haul from marijuana sales over the last 12 months for the Centennial State now stands at $1.4 billion, bringing in almost $223 million in tax revenue.

Sales for the first five months of 2017 alone were roughly $620 million, generating $96 million in tax, which is an increase of around 27 per cent on the same period last year, according to figures from Colorado's Department of Revenue.

Those figures combine both recreational sales and sales for medicinal purposes, though the former has consistently generated two-thirds of the income.
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