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It brings me much grief that I must be the bringer of terrible news, but then again it must be said and so I continue. Our fellow humans are being tortured and we have done nothing about it. I recently learned about a man named Sebastian Richardson. Richardson is 51 years old. Richardson is apparently one of many who are faced with horrendous abuse and brutal treatment brought upon him by the justice system. Richardson was confined 6ft by 10ft room and despite the cramped feeling for just one person he had to share it with another. In the article, Inside Lewisburg Prison: A Choice Between a Violent Cellmate or Shackles, (C. Thompson, 2016) it's talks about how he had to choose between a cell mate who tended to scream songs or spell out words …show more content…

Susan Barney and Kathy Christenson, the same ladies that reported health concerns, both were sexually assaulted by the same jailor. Thankfully, he was convicted. (Barney v. Pulsipher, 1998). Sadly, for another convict named Rodrick Keith Johnson, luck wasn't as prevalent. He reports that during his sentence he was forced to do sexual acts for other inmates. He didn't get any protection from guards. The reason for this lack of protection? He was homosexual. When he told the warden about the assaults and pleaded for immediate medical attention, he was denied and told that immediate medical attention was only for emergencies. Johnson filed a lawsuit but those responsible have not been convicted. (Johnson v. Johnson, 2004). So, a man is beaten (both mentally and physically), raped numerous times, practically used as a sex slave, is denied medical attention and protection, and then he tries to tell the world and expose what happened, he is denied that too. This justice system has just taken a broken man, looked at what's left of him, and told him those who threw him down and watched him shatter, didn't do it. They laughed in the face of a human, and told him he didn't matter. The justice system just denied this man his

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