Chelsea Manning denied access to legal library prior to prison hearing, she says

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Chelsea Manning denied access to legal library prior to prison hearing, she says

Imprisoned soldier faces potential solitary confinement after alleged violations
including possession of unapproved reading material and expired toothpaste

Tom McCarthy in New York
Sunday 16 August 2015 19.06 BST

Chelsea Manning, the soldier and Guardian columnist, has been denied access to a prison legal library days before a crucial hearing at which she will represent herself against charges including possession of unapproved reading material, according to a message posted to her official Twitter account at the weekend.

The hearing is part of a legal process that could result in indefinite solitary confinement for Manning, for reported violations that also include storing a tube of expired toothpaste in her military prison cell.

The army has scheduled a hearing on the violations for Tuesday at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where Manning is being held. She was given a 35-year sentence for having been the source of the vast leak of US state secrets to WikiLeaks.

“Prison staff are now denying me access to the law library @ scheduled times – w/only 2 days until my board,” read the tweet, which was posted by supporters in contact with the prisoner.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/16/chelsea-manning-prison-legal-library-hearing

[elleng]

1. IDIOTS!

WTF are they doing? TRYING to appear idiotic???

[Hydra]

2. No, I think they're sending a message

"We are the law, and this is what happens to anyone who objects. Questions?"

The fact that they feel comfortable sending that sort of message to us with the support of the Obama Administration shows just how ****ed up everything had gotten.

[elleng]

3. It is IDIOCY!

and VERY f****d up.