ethics : ISN'T IT ODD HOW THE ACLU DIDN'T PICK UP ON THIS PRISONER ABUSE SCANDAL? [+] serious ballot by herzog created Sun Jun 18, 06 Shackles removed from confined Marines, sailor By Gidget Fuentes Times staff writer OCEANSIDE, Calif. — Military officials on Friday said they have decided to remove shackles put on seven confined Marines and one sailor whenever they’re outside their individual cells at the Camp Pendleton brig, a Marine Corps spokesman said. The eight men, confined at the brig since May 24, were being held with “maximum” restraints based on their battalion commander’s decision following an initial investigation into the shooting. As of Friday, they were shifted into what’s called “medium-in” restraint in pre-trial custody, which does not require shackles to be worn, although they remain escorted anytime they are outside their cell, according to 2nd Lt. Lawton King, a base spokesman. Under “medium-in,” they won’t have any personal restraint while inside the brig, but once outside – such as to go to a court hearing – each “is restrained with handcuffs attached to a leather belt … and their respective escorts carry along leg cuffs in the event they are needed,” King said. The decision to lower the restraint level came after a June 15 review by the brig commander, he said. The seven Marines and Navy corpsman, all members of the Pendleton-based 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines currently deployed in Iraq, were first confined to quarters in Iraq on May 12 after allegations rose over the April 26 death of an Iraqi man in the village of Hamdaniya. Families and defense attorneys representing three of the men had been complaining publicly and to base officials about the confinement measures that were imposed. The brig houses Marines and sailors who are awaiting court hearings or courts-martial as well as those convicted and serving a sentence. Each of the men are in an 8-foot by 9-foot cells, alone, in a section called “special quarters,” where they receive their meals. Each gets one hour a day to spend at an enclosed outdoor courtyard, where they could exercise if they want, and they can meet with their attorneys in a small private room and with family members in a visitors’ room during weekend and holiday visiting hours. Jeremiah Sullivan III, a San Diego attorney representing the sailor, a 20-year-old third-class hospital corpsman, has likened the conditions to worst than what convicted felons at the federal “Supermax” prison must endure. David M. Brahms, a retired brigadier general and attorney in Carlsbad, Calif., who’s met with many of the families, is representing a 21-year-old lance corporal. The men are “shafted and shackled in the worst conditions being imposed,” Brahms said June 14. “Saddam has a better circumstance than these guys.” The eight men will remain in special quarters in individual cells, said Maj. Jeffrey Nyhart another base spokesman. Base officials say the brig, which is a Level II confinement facility, does not have “solitary confinement,” unlike prisons including Fort Leavenworth. marinecorpstimes. - - - - - - - - So they're held in tiny cells where they were shackled at all times (until just very recently), for the possibility of committing a crime. Sounds like worse than anything happening in gitmo (or at least on par to what people are complaining about). And yet the ACLU, and all other human rights agencies were silent on this. Why? They don't believe american soldiers deserve any rights They only involve themselves in cases concerning minorities or enemies of the US They would have, but you know, they were like busy and stuff They be be unware of the case Damned if I know! UCMJ jurisdiction Ballot #95987 : SEE RESULTS Comment: show your vote with comment?

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