Prison Lockdowns Are Becoming More Frequent and More Brutal Across the US
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Barbee, 71, says as she chokes back tears. 'Will it be for just three hours after many days or weeks locked inside? They have no exercise. Four, six or 12 days without a shower. It is inhumane treatment on a daily basis.'
What Barbee is living through is something that millions of people inside and outside razor wire are also experiencing: The purgatory of endless prison "lockdowns" where prisoners are forced to live in isolation that typically exceeds punitive segregation conditions.
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