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ACLU sues over 'secretly created' fed prison unit for Muslim and other prisoners with "disciplinary cases"

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

ACLU sues over 'secretly created' fed prison unit June 19, 2009 TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) ? The American Civil Liberties Union sued the government Thursday over the creation of a special unit at the federal prison in Terre Haute, claiming it was created in secrecy and keeps mostly Muslim prisoners in stark isolation. The ACLU says about 40 other prisoners, mostly Muslims, are being held in a "secretly created" Communication Management Unit in which they have no contact with other prisoners, limited contact with the outside world and no physical contact with family members. "Designed to house prisoners viewed by the government as terrorists, they were established in violation of federal laws requiring public scrutiny and today are disproportionately inhabited by Muslim prisoners ? many of whom have never been convicted of terrorism-related crimes," the ACLU said in a news release...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on June 19, 2009 (boomark / email).