State Asks to Tie Up Inmates in Hot Sun
From Times Wire Reports
Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman asked U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson for permission to resume handcuffing inmates to hitching posts in the hot sun when they refuse to work. Thompson ruled last year that the practice was unconstitutionally cruel. The new policy would include videotape monitoring to make sure inmates get hourly water and restroom breaks, and would allow an inmate to be unhitched and to sit down the moment he agrees to go to work.
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