Chelsea Manning faces charges, solitary confinement after suicide attempt

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Chelsea Manning faces charges, solitary confinement after suicide attempt

Serving 35 years for leaking secrets to WikiLeaks, she was being
investigated for resisting guards, prohibited property and threatening
conduct charges

Nicky Woolf in San Francisco
Thursday 28 July 2016 23.45 BST

Chelsea Manning may face charges relating to a suicide attempt this year, which could lead to indefinite solitary confinement or transferral to a maximum-security facility, according to a civil rights group.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced on Thursday that Manning, who is serving a 35-year sentence in military custody for leaking state secrets to the whistleblowing site WikiLeaks, was under investigation for three charges related to her 5 July suicide attempt: “resisting the force cell move team”, “prohibited property”, and “conduct which threatens”.

Manning confirmed through her lawyers in July that she was receiving medical care after having tried to take her own life.

If convicted of these new “administrative offenses”, she faces punishment that could include solitary confinement for the rest of her sentence, reclassification as a maximum-security prisoner, and an addition of nine years to her sentence. It might also negate her possibility of parole, according to the ACLU.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/28/chelsea-manning-suicide-attempt-military-charges-wikileaks

[calguy]

1. Must be a drag

Moment in the spotlight long since gone ...... reality of doing the time for doing the crime. She's not turning out to be the big hero he thought she would be.

[think]

2. Guess cruel and unusual punishment is very subjective now days....

[GeorgeGist]

3. Depraved and despicable.

[Daemonaquila]

4. Horrifying and moronic.

"Let's make a suicidal and despondent person more suicidal and despondent! That'll take care of it!"

[elleng]

5. That's JUST the way to handle a suicide attempt, I'm sure,

SOLITARY CONFINEMENT!

[warrprayer]

6. There needs to be an investigation

They waited for the attention to go away, then most likely used whatever means they could to make life a living hell, then add more charges when Manning snapped.
It was thought out well, with predictable results.