Read more prisoners stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5759/prisoners.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:32:28 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74544/iraqi-prisoners-taunt-wis-soldiers-over-favre-defection.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn allegiance to the Green Bay Packers has come back to haunt Wisconsin National Guardsmen on duty at a prison camp in Iraq, with detainees using quarterback Brett Favre’s defection to the rival Vikings to taunt the soldiers. A Packers-themed paint job sparked curiosity, one officer tells WTMJ-AM , “they soon...http://www.newser.com/story/74544/iraqi-prisoners-taunt-wis-soldiers-over-favre-defection.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Nov 2009 21:30:47 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72281/stars-demand-bush-music-torture-files.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA coalition of celebrity musicians is demanding the release of Bush administration documents revealing how music was used to torture Guantanamo Bay inmates. Songs from Metallica, The Real Slim Shady , and the Star Spangled Banner , among many others, were blasted all day for days on end to rattle prisoners, inmates...http://www.newser.com/story/72281/stars-demand-bush-music-torture-files.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Oct 2009 2:55:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63122/we-were-just-pawns-lynndie-england.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLynndie England is trying to rebuild some semblance of a normal life, but her past continues to haunt her, she tells the AP. “It’s my face that's always recognized,” the former Army Reservist and poster child for Abu Ghraib abuse said of trying to get a job—or even just...http://www.newser.com/story/63122/we-were-just-pawns-lynndie-england.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 29 Jun 2009 14:06:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59247/thugs-in-cop-uniforms-free-59-mexican-drug-prisoners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSome 15 vehicles packed with criminals wearing police uniforms arrived at a Mexico prison yesterday to free as many as 59 inmates linked to a drug cartel, reports the BBC. The men convinced guards they were members of the federal police there to conduct an inspection. Once inside, they overpowered...http://www.newser.com/story/59247/thugs-in-cop-uniforms-free-59-mexican-drug-prisoners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 17 May 2009 7:42:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58890/prisoners-run-crime-ops-via-playstation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOrganized criminals use PlayStation and interactive games to pass on orders while behind bars, says a British agency monitoring 5,000 global crime lords. The masterminds also charge illegally kept cell phones through the gaming console. A prison spokesman refuted the charge, saying that only older versions of such devices—...http://www.newser.com/story/58890/prisoners-run-crime-ops-via-playstation.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 13 May 2009 20:29:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58393/calif-could-go-bust-by-july.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCalifornia could be broke by July if voters reject a handful of upcoming budget proposals, the Los Angeles Times reports. Officials predict the state will fall as much as $23 billion short if the unpopular propositions fail. To save money, the state may commute the sentences of 38,000 “low-risk”...http://www.newser.com/story/58393/calif-could-go-bust-by-july.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 08 May 2009 3:51:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57740/shrink-waterboard-experts-racked-up-1k-a-day.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo US psychologists with no training in conducting interrogations boasted of earning $1000 a day designing and helping to implement use of waterboarding techniques on CIA detainees, reports ABC News. Bruce Jessen and Jim Mitchell, former military officers, are considered the architects of the interrogation operation that Barack Obama has...http://www.newser.com/story/57740/shrink-waterboard-experts-racked-up-1k-a-day.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 01 May 2009 4:13:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55142/afghan-detainees-have-right-to-us-courts-judge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA federal judge overruled both the Bush and the Obama administrations today, declaring that prisoners held at a military base in Afghanistan can challenge their detention in US civilian courts, the New York Times reports. The prisoners deserve the same right that the Supreme Court granted to Gitmo detainees last...http://www.newser.com/story/55142/afghan-detainees-have-right-to-us-courts-judge.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Apr 2009 16:41:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54235/solitary-confinement-looks-a-lot-like-torture.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRhesus monkeys raised in isolation are anti-social, catatonic, and profoundly disturbed even after they are introduced to their peers. The same is true of humans kept in solitary confinement for prolonged periods of time, whether as hostages or prisoners, writes Atul Gawande in the New Yorker . As months roll on,...http://www.newser.com/story/54235/solitary-confinement-looks-a-lot-like-torture.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 25 Mar 2009 16:39:11 CDT