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Facing 70 Years in Prison for Clothing

Sam Alcoff Jan 8, 2010

For almost three years Syed Fahad Hashmi, 29, has been held in solitary confinement at the Metropolitan Correctional Center…

New York

Brutality at Angola Prison: President Obama Promises to Close Guantánamo and End Torture, But a Court Proceeding in Louisiana Exposes Problems Closer to Home

Jordan Flaherty Feb 6, 2009

The torture of prisoners in U.S. custody is not only found in military prisons in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantánamo.…

National

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