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  Military prison - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Military prisons are used variously to house prisoners of war, enemy combatants, those whose freedom is deemed a national security risk by military or civilian authorities, and members of the military found guilty of a serious crime.
Thus military prisons are of two types: penal, for punishing and attempting to reform criminals within the military, and confinement-oriented, where captured enemies are confined for military reasons until hostilities cease.
The American military equivalent to the civilian jail, in the sense of "holding area" or "place of brief incarceration for petty crimes" is known colloquially as the guardhouse or stockade by the army and air forces, and the brig by naval forces.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_prison   (1050 words)

  
 Syria: Torture, despair and dehumanisation in Tadmur Military Prison - Amnesty International   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Tadmur Prison was built initially as a military barracks by the French Mandate authorities in Syria (1920-1946).(7) Subsequently it was apparently used as a prison for military personnel accused of ordinary criminal offences.
Prisoners are taken out into the prison courtyards and ordered to run around in bare feet while they are simultaneously whipped on their backs by prison guards supervising the exercise.
Prisoners are forbidden to do the most ordinary everyday things, such as walking in the dormitory, going to the toilet during the night, talking to fellow prisoners or to the guards, and looking at the guards or through the window or door.
web.amnesty.org /library/Index/engMDE240142001?OpenDocument   (9091 words)

  
 Columbia Military Prison
The officers were met at the depot by a group of Military Cadets from The Arsenal and escorted to the Columbia Military Prison.
With rumors rife regarding a raid on Columbia, on 12 Feb 1865, Colonel C H Forno requested advise as to the course to be adopted for the security of the 1,200 Federal officers, prisoners of war, in the Asylum prison.
In the face of Sherman's forces, a prison was being constructed at Killian's Mills, eleven miles from Columbia, on the Charlotte Railroad.
www.geocities.com /cmp_csa/index.html   (1791 words)

  
 Israeli military prison - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prison 4 was founded soon after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and absorbed prisoners from the provisional jail set up in northern Tel Aviv beforehand.
The rebellion completely changed the military police's approach to its prison service sector and changed were made in the physical structures of the military prisons, as well as in conditions for both jail instructors and prisoners.
However, being prisoners, they have a set of additional rights and responsibilities which depend on the status of the prisoner, the length of their sentence, etc. Prisoners also have a set of rights that can be taken away by their superiors for bad behavior.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Israeli_military_prison   (1543 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Military prison at Leavenworth is imposing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The military has long used this fort as a prison, and now there is a new, maximum-security building on the property's northern edge.
The fort became a military prison in 1875, when a wooden fence was erected around several existing buildings.
All the prisoners are men — female offenders go to a Navy brig in Miramar, Calif. — and 27 of them are, or were, officers.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2003-03-16-prison_x.htm   (1008 words)

  
 Historic Posts, Camps, Stations and Airfields: Post at Alcatraz Island
Later it was a disciplinary barracks for military prisoners, a prison for recalcitrant Indians, and then a P.O. facility for Spanish American Philippines Islands prisoners and World War 1 conscientious objectors.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons, an agency of the Justice Department, took it over and ran the establishment as a maximum security prison for incorrigible criminals until 1964, when it was shut down because of its progressively decaying condition and deteriorating assurances of incarceration.
Prisoners were kept in three buildings that had total of 113 cells which averaged eight by six by 3 feet.
www.militarymuseum.org /Alcatraz.html   (2260 words)

  
 As Insurgency Grew, So Did Prison Abuse
Interviews with U.S. officials, former prisoners and Iraqis who have supported the occupation, along with findings outlined in the Army's internal investigation of prison abuses, make clear that there was a connection between changes in conditions inside the prisons and the struggle to control an increasingly hostile country.
Last fall, U.S. military leaders cast about for ways to generate more information on the insurgency after focusing their early intelligence efforts on the hunt for Saddam Hussein, his top lieutenants and the weapons of mass destruction that were the Bush administration's rationale for going to war.
The harsh treatment of prisoners was seen by some of the perpetrators as consistent with Miller's recommendation for "setting conditions" for interrogations by military intelligence officers.
www.iraqfoundation.org /archives/news/2004/emay/10_prison.html   (2769 words)

  
 US Military Describes Steps to Improve Conditions in Abu Ghraib Prison
On Wednesday, the U.S. military in Baghdad will begin the first in a series of military trials, or courts martial, of soldiers who are charged with abusing Iraqi inmates at the Abu Ghraib prison.
On Monday, the U.S. military allowed journalists to visit the prison, which is at the center of a scandal over the abuse of some Iraqi prisoners at the facility.
Commanders say the prisoners are in the process of being moved to a new camp where they will sleep on cots and mattresses instead of wooden floors.
www.iwar.org.uk /news-archive/2004/05-18-2.htm   (721 words)

  
 Charlotte Observer | 06/27/2006 | Military: Guantanamo details not classified
A military inquiry has found that no classified information was disclosed at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba after three prisoners committed suicide at the camp.
Military spokesmen would not elaborate on what that means.
The inquiry appeared to be directed at the prison's commander, Army Col. Mike Bumgarner, who allowed two Observer journalists to closely observe the facility and its officers in the wake of the prisoners' suicides.
www.charlotte.com /mld/charlotte/news/14909747.htm   (389 words)

  
 Amnesty International 1998 Annual Report on Syria (the Syrian Arab Republic)
Of the 29 prisoners of conscience who were transferred to Tadmur military prison in 1996, apparently to punish them for refusing to sign an undertaking dissociating themselves from all past political activities (see Amnesty International Report 1997), five were released.
Three prisoners of conscience _ Bassam Budur, Taisir Hassoun, and 'Adib al-Jani _ remained held in Tadmur military prison, three years beyond the expiry of their eight-year sentences imposed by the SSSC in connection with the PCA.
Fateh Jamus, a prisoner of conscience arrested in 1982 and sentenced in 1994 to 15 years' imprisonment in connection with the PCA, was reportedly transferred during the year to the Military Interrogation Branch, and was still in detention at the end of the year.
www.amnesty.org /ailib/aireport/ar98/mde24.htm   (1790 words)

  
 Mehmet Jailed and Beaten In Turkish Military Prison 
Meanwhile, Mehmet Tarhan is imprisoned in the Military Prison at Sivas, where he is facing death threats and abuse.
On arrival at the Military Prison in Sivas, staff sergeant Mustafa Selvi threatened Mehmet Tarhan with transfer to ‘Common Cell No 2’, where the ‘wildest’ prisoners are imprisoned.
Later, the prisoners who beat Mehmet Tarhan came to him and told him that staff sergeant Mustafa Selvi had told them that he was a terrorist, and “you know how you have to deal with him”.
www.refusingtokill.net /Turkey/MehmetBeatenInJail.htm   (946 words)

  
 The five: a bone in the throat of the military prison
The prison commandant and the entire staff are mainly concerned with them, and have no time and energy left for the rest of the five hundred prisoners.
They are political activists with their own agenda, completely unfitting for the conditions of a military prison, governed by military discipline.
The members of the military committee remained closeted for more than an hour, to come out and announce that the decision will be given on an other day.
www.israelblog.org /1077082745/index_html   (1295 words)

  
 Torture Bill States Non-Allegiance To Bush Is Terrorism
The New York Times stated that the legislation introduced, "A dangerously broad definition of “illegal enemy combatant” in the bill could subject legal residents of the United States, as well as foreign citizens living in their own countries, to summary arrest and indefinite detention with no hope of appeal.
Similar to the UK's Glorification of Terrorism law, which top lawyers have slammed as vague, open to interpretation and a potential weapon for the government to kidnap supposed subversives, the nebulous context of "wrongfully aiding the enemy," could easily be defined to include publicly absolving an accused terrorist of involvement in a terrorist attack.
The bill also allows hearsay evidence (obtained via phony confessions after torture) to be considered by the military tribunal and bars the suspect from even having knowledge of the charges against him - making a case for defense impossible.
www.prisonplanet.com /articles/september2006/290906torturebill.htm   (1178 words)

  
 Prison Visits By General Reported In Hearing (washingtonpost.com)
A military lawyer for a soldier charged in the Abu Ghraib abuse case stated that a captain at the prison said the highest-ranking U.S. military officer in Iraq was present during some "interrogations and/or allegations of the prisoner abuse," according to a recording of a military hearing obtained by The Washington Post.
Shuck also said a sergeant at the prison, First Sgt. Brian G. Lipinski, was prepared to testify that intelligence officers told him the abuse of detainees on the cellblock was "the right thing to do." Earlier this month, Lipinski declined to comment on the case.
The general also said she believes officers in the military intelligence chain of command knew what was going on, and that Sanchez later tried to shift the blame to her unit, in January, after an MP reported the abuse and provided photos to military investigators.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A48229-2004May22.html   (1887 words)

  
 PRISON NEWS JAIL NEWS PRISONS NEWS | HavenWorks.com/prison
The complex arrangement was part of the CIA's sprawling practice of extraordinary renditions, the secret transfer of terror suspects to hidden prisons across the world — which has involved the aid of numerous foreign governments and the knowledge of key Western European allies, according to the book, which was shown to TIME by the author.
"Under a separate provision, those held by the CIA or the U.S. military as an unlawful enemy combatant would be barred from challenging their detention or the conditions of their treatment in U.S. courts unless they were first tried, convicted and appealed their conviction."...
The military has asserted these were all aberrant acts by troops ignoring their orders."...
havenworks.com /prisons   (5910 words)

  
 Article: Overview of the Military Legal Process. - Prison Talk
Military Prison and UCMJ This forum is dedicated to those who have a loved one in a military prison, or dealing with the military legal system (UCMJ).
Senior military attorneys who are appointed as judges hear court-martial cases, not commanding officers, as a rule.
One other right the military member has in a general court martial is the right to choose whether to be tried by a panel of officers only, or a panel consisting of both officers and enlisted personnel.
www.prisontalk.com /forums/showthread.php?t=31386   (2454 words)

  
 CNN.com - U.S. troops fire on prison riot as 4 die - Jan 31, 2005
Camp Bucca is a military prison facility near Iraq's border with Kuwait.
Three of the wounded were treated at the camp, and three others were taken to a military hospital for treatment.
Monday's prison riot came as Iraqi leaders turned their focus to the long process of building a representative, democratic government after Sunday's historic election.
www.cnn.com /2005/WORLD/meast/01/31/iraq.prison/index.html   (703 words)

  
 Gratiot Street Prison
In April of 1863 quarters for female prisoners were constructed in the “round room” though they were used only until a separate “female prison” was established in a building on the other side of Gratiot Street.
The upper level of the north wing was the prison hospital, with the attic serving as the dead room.
The prison had a dungeon described by Frost as “the darkest pit of the prison.,” and “a damp unhealthy hole, with a strong offensive smell.” Though used for punishments, the dungeon was not considered secure enough for long-term confinement.
www.civilwarstlouis.com /Gratiot/gratiot.htm   (1397 words)

  
 Military vs. Prison Guards - Absolute Write Water Cooler
Second question: The prisoner in question is the adopted daughter of a deceased Army Major, though she happens to be a member of a very hated and feared race.
The prisoners decide to have some "fun" by luring her into a room and taunting her, ripping clothes, etc. Think of the scene in West Side Story in which Anita is assaulted at the parlor by the Americans.
In my experience, the only time we've handed over a military guy to the military without going through the civilian court system was when the charge was AWOL which has jurisdictional boundaries with the military always.
www.absolutewrite.com /forums/showthread.php?t=18115   (2822 words)

  
 Alton Military Prison
On one occassion, as the prison flag (U.S. flag) blew down off the flag pole upon the grounds, the prisoners immediately rushed over trampled it, tore it to shrewds so nothing remained to be found.
During the smallpox epidemic in 1863, even the prison authorities "were too ill to keep death records." It is estimated that anywhere from 1,354 to 5,000 have died.
In response, the ladies were reported to have stated that "Dixie was too beautiful [of a song] to be possessed by just one part of the country." Public pressure eventually forced the unnamed ladies to apologize for their crime, and evidently the matter was forgotten.
www.geocities.com /BourbonStreet/Delta/3843/alton2.htm   (2003 words)

  
 Toronto Terrorist Ringleader Has Military Connections
In every high profile case that we have studied, terrorist links to security and intelligence services as well as the military are uncovered.
From the evidence it is starting to appear that Chand was the kingpin for a government entrapment program that sought to manufacture a terrorist alert by creating a de facto terrorist cell.
And that they dressed up in military fatigues, or were encouraged to, for the fun of it.
www.prisonplanet.com /articles/june2006/080606militaryconnections.htm   (508 words)

  
 Alcatraz Island - Golden Gate National Recreation Area
In 1868, the Army established a permanent military prison on Alcatraz.
Soldiers convicted of crimes in court-martials [the military version of civilian criminal trials] could be sentenced to imprisonment at Alcatraz.
At first, inmates were housed in various structures that the Army converted for use as prisons.
www.cr.nps.gov /museum/exhibits/alca/military.html   (161 words)

  
 U.S. military takes swift action over abuses at Abu Ghraib prison   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Kimmitt said April 30 he believes the number of prisoners involved in the incidents is less than 20.
According to news reports in February, senior military officials said 17 troops, including a battalion commander, a company commander, and 12 military police soldiers assigned to guard the prisoners had been relieved of duty until an investigation could be completed.
Kimmitt said some of the six personnel charged in the investigation have undergone an Article 32 investigation, which is the military equivalent of a grand jury investigation, and have been recommended for military court martial trials.
www.cpa-iraq.org /pressreleases/20040430_abu_gharib.html   (707 words)

  
 Scoop: 100s Demonstrate Overlooking Military Prison
Climbing the mountain opposite Military Prison 6 at Atlit, from where protesters could be visible (and audible) inside the prison, is a tradition going back to the time of Lebanon War - before many of today's refusniks were born.
But last week's verdict condemning five young people to spend a whole year behind these grey prison walls there gave today's protest a feeling of special urgency, and quite a few people had come who were not seen at the mountain before.
Among the crowd were parents and grandparents and siblings and some girlfriends of the prisoners.
www.scoop.co.nz /stories/WO0401/S00071.htm   (3482 words)

  
 Senator chides military for prison abuse findings
WASHINGTON -- A military review concluding that blame for wartime prisoner abuse lay mostly with low- and mid-level soldiers has failed to quiet critics who say Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other senior leaders should be held to account.
He also said there was no evidence to indicate Rumsfeld or any other senior civilian or military authority directed, approved or encouraged a policy of prisoner abuse.
The transfers would be similar to the renditions, or transfers of captives to other countries, carried out by the CIA, but they are subject to stricter approval within the government, and face potential opposition from the CIA as well as the State and Justice departments.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /national/215466_abuse11.html   (610 words)

  
 CNN.com - Iraqi says U.S. general witnessed military prison abuse - Jul 27, 2004
Karpinski, who was suspended by the Pentagon in May, previously has denied knowing about any abuses at the prison until photographs surfaced at the end of April.
The lawsuit was brought on behalf of Aboud, three other alleged victims and the family of a fifth man who died at the prison.
Aboud also alleges that he was forced to witness the rape of a female prisoner.
edition.cnn.com /2004/LAW/07/27/iraq.prisoner.abuse   (468 words)

  
 Full Probe For Army's Mud Melee (clad female military prison guards)
Rommes was with the 160th when it was guarding prisoners at Camp Delta, the U.S. terror prison at Guantanamo Bay in 2002 - the same period covered in FBI memos detailing allegations of prisoner abuse there.
The mud wrestling free-for-all purportedly was staged to celebrate the departure of the 160th and the arrival of replacements from the 105th Military Police Battalion, of the North Carolina National Guard.
An initial military police report quotes a witness saying that other sergeants involved allegedly were lending their rooms to soldiers for sex.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1342105/posts   (1310 words)

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