B&G Wed: 21st Century Torture - Missouri’s Prison Industrial Complex
Black & Green Wednesday
FORUM: 21st Century Torture: Missouri’s Prison Industrial Complex
WHEN: 7 pm, Wednesday, July 1, 2015
WHERE: Legacy Books and Café, 5249 Delmar (near Union) 63108
* Keith Brown El, Co-Chair, Missouri CURE
* Angie Mueller, Green Party of St. Louis
* Don Cage, Prison Torture Survivor
* Caroline McGinness, Co-founder of End 85%
* Randall Cahill, Cahill Partnership, former Asst US Attorney
* Rev. Elston McCowan, Universal African Peoples Organization [moderator]
Do conditions in Missouri’s prisons meet the United Nations’ definition of torture? Is it fair to talk about “mass incarceration” in Missouri? The so-called “War on Drugs” and mandatory sentencing have dramatically increased the prison population. Once inside, prisoners are exposed to egregious harm through arbitrary treatment, systematic institutional abuse, deliberate medical negligence and the possibility of years of solitary confinement, often coupled with forced psychotropic medication. How can we stop the brutality against prisoners in the US?
