Chelsea Manning Faces Solitary Confinement For Having A Copy of Vanity Fair

[LiberalArkie]

http://gizmodo.com/chelsea-manning-faces-solitary-confinement-for-having-a-1723983706

Chelsea Manning, the US army soldier who leaked classified documents to Wikileaks, is looking at “indefinite” solitary confinement for infractions that include possessing a copy of the Caitlyn Jenner Vanity Fair magazine and using an expired tube of toothpaste.

Former intelligence analyst Manning is serving out a 35-year prison sentence at Fort Leavenworth for espionage and is back in hot water with authorities, according to her lawyer Nancy Hollander. The New York Times reports:

The prison charges include possession of prohibited property in the form of books and magazines while under administrative segregation; medicine misuse over the toothpaste; disorderly conduct for sweeping food onto the floor; and disrespect. All relate to alleged conduct on July 2 and 9. The maximum penalty Manning could face is indefinite solitary confinement.


Of particular concern to Hollander is the confiscation of Manning’s reading material. Literature included the highly-touted Jenner cover story in Vanity Fair, a novel about transgender issues, a book on the hacker collective Anonymous, a book about young Pakastani activist Malala Yousafzai and a U.S. Senate report on CIA torture. It’s unclear how Manning acquired the material that has now been deemed “prohibited,” or how these determinations were made. The “medicine misuse” charge emerged from the discovery of an expired tube of toothpaste in Manning’s cell.

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[HFRN]

1. they're running that place like a prison nt

[LiberalArkie]

2. I think trying to push her to suicide. To remove the "embarrassment" to the military.