Lawsuit Against Mississippi Prison Is the Stuff of Nightmares
They show the film "Cool Hand Luke" to them and then tell them they should feel lucky. "It could be worse".
In the solitary confinement unit of East Mississippi Correctional Facility, it’s common for inmates to set some clothing or an old milk carton on fire to get an officer’s attention when they are in desperate need of a doctor—or if, say, their cell has been flooded by a broken pipe. Otherwise, it might be days before anyone took notice, according to a class-action lawsuit filed last week by the American Civil Liberties Union.
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