NEW: Tennessee’s highest-security youth prisons are operated by a single private company.

Former staff say they felt pressure to hide abuse and other serious incidents from the state and to handle medical emergencies without calling 911.
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#News #Tennessee #Children #Prison #Abuse #CriminalJustice

Jason Crews’ Wayne Halfway House Failed to Report Abuse, Former Staff Say — ProPublica

Tennessee’s highest-security youth prisons are operated by a single private company. Former staff say they felt pressure to hide abuse and other serious incidents from the state and to handle medical emergencies without calling 911.

^{Aliyya Swaby (ProPublica)}

“Kurdish hunger striker says ICE force-feeding ‘mentally broke me’”

We’re talking about the US, right?

…Not Russia or China

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Kurdish hunger striker says ICE force-feeding ‘mentally broke me’

Exclusive: Film-maker Gabar Choli describes how he endured coercive treatment over eight months in detention in Texas

^{José Olivares (The Guardian)}