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St. Tammany Parish

Louisiana Jail Locks Up Suicidal Prisoners in 3' x 3' Cages

July 9, 2010July 12, 2010 James Ridgeway and Jean Casella
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Even in the context of the United States’ grim and sometimes brutal prison conditions, a story released yesterday by the American Civil Liberties of Louisiana shocks the conscience. The ACLU is protesting treatment of prisoners in one parish jail, who are routinely locked in cages measuring 3 x 3 feet–one-fourth the legally mandated size for caged dogs in  the […]