Justice Watchdog Finds Muslim Mistreatment

[Rose Siding]

WASHINGTON - The warden and guards at a federal prison discriminated and retaliated against Muslim inmates, the Justice Department (news - web sites)'s inspector general said Friday in a report that also detailed allegations of mistreatment of Muslims at other U.S. lockups.

In one instance at the unidentified federal prison, the warden "unjustly and inappropriately" ordered an inmate transferred to special housing similar to solitary confinement for more than four months, Inspector General Glenn A. Fine said. The move came five days after the inmate talked to Fine's investigators.

Federal prosecutors declined to pursue criminal charges against the warden, and the incident was referred to the federal Bureau of Prisons, he said.

The treatment of Muslim prisoners was part of a semiannual report Fine produces about possible civil rights or civil liberties violations by the Justice Department.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050311/ap_on_go_ot/justice_abuse_investigation

[mutus_frutex]

1. What I would like to know is this:

What is the ethnic/religious makeup of the guard population??

Just trying to verify some prejudices I have.. :-)

[merwin]

2. Shocking... muslim mistreatment and no prosecution. How original! n/t

[Moderator]

3. kick to combine

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

4. Bias Against Muslims in US Prisons Detailed

The warden and guards at a federal prison discriminated and retaliated against Muslim inmates, the Justice Department's inspector general said yesterday in a report that also detailed allegations of mistreatment of Muslims at other U.S. lockups.

In one instance at the unidentified federal prison, the warden "unjustly and inappropriately" ordered an inmate transferred to special housing similar to solitary confinement for more than four months, Inspector General Glenn A. Fine said. The move came five days after the inmate talked to Fine's investigators.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28574-2005Mar11.html