http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/chelsea-manning-faces-2-weeks-in-
solitary-group-says
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — A transgender soldier imprisoned in Kansas for leaking
classified information to the WikiLeaks website faces up to two weeks in
solitary confinement in part for attempting suicide, according to a
nonprofit group that has been supporting her.
Chelsea Manning was sentenced late Thursday to 14 days in solitary
confinement for a July suicide attempt and for having a "prohibited" book,
"Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy," by Gabriella Coleman, according to a
statement from Fight for the Future. The statement was backed by one of
Manning's lawyers.
Seven of the 14 days were suspended, but could be added to the sentence if
Manning gets "in trouble" in the next six months, according to comments
from Manning in the statement. She also said she can appeal the sentence
and no date has been set for when the discipline would begin.
Army spokesman Wayne Hall didn't immediately respond Friday to a request
for comment.
Manning is serving a 35-year sentence at the military prison at Fort
Leavenworth. She was arrested in 2010 as Bradley Manning and was convicted
in 2013 in military court of leaking more than 700,000 secret military and
State Department documents to WikiLeaks. Manning was an intelligence
analyst in Iraq at the time.
The ACLU also filed a lawsuit in 2014 against the Defense Department over
its refusal to treat Manning's gender dysphoria.
Fight for the Future campaign director Evan Greer said Friday that Manning
dictated the information to a supporter who provided it to Fight for the
Future.
"Forcing Chelsea back into solitary confinement as a punishment for her
suicide attempt is extremely worrisome to me and counterproductive to
Chelsea's mental and physical health," Nancy Hollander, a lawyer for
Manning, said in an email Friday. "Essentially she is now being tortured
as punishment for an act of desperation."
Comments:
Cecelia Holland · Queen at Self
I know people who have been in solitary for 30 years. Gimme a break.
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Clay Oliver · Chattanooga, Tennessee
In the US the top four stints in solitary are 43, 41, 33, and 18 years. No
you dont.
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Alia Anor · The School of Knock-Knocks
So knowing that people have been subjected to torture throughout history
is a moral justification for all future torture? You logic is interesting
and probably no more farcical than a country that imprisons such a high
percentage of its citizens. Carry on.
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Caleb Weiss
Horse shit. You know people that's been in solitary confinement for 30
years? Humans are social animals. Lack of social activity deteriorates the
brain. It's inhumane.
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William R. James · Westwood High School
"She"? He is a freak and a traitor who got decent people killed. So now he
attempted suicide, perhaps te only honorable thing he's ever attempted and
failed at even that.
Like · Reply · 4 · 2 hrs
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