Cenk Uygur
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Female Prisoners In Solitary Denied Basic Hygiene Needs
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June 19, 2015
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8:15Now PlayingAJ+ sheds light on the horrendous experience that is solitary confinement, particularly for females. One issue is what happens when these women are having their menstrual cycle. Does the prison provide for their needs? Watch the full AJ+ video here
Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola (Think Tank), and Hannah Cranston (Think Tank) hosts of The Young Turks discuss. AJ+ is a global news community for the connected generation. Watch more here
“Victoria Woodrich had had enough. On November 11, 2014, six weeks before her 36th birthday, she tied a sock around her neck; she tied the other end to the top of her bed structure. By the time staff found her at 3:30 that afternoon, she was dead.
Woodrich, known as Shortybang to her friends, had been in prison for more than a decade and at Illinois' Logan Correctional Center since its 2013 conversion to a women's prison. Earlier that month, she was placed in the prison's segregation unit, where women are locked in their cells nearly 24 hours a day.
"She kept telling me she wanted to die," recalled Nicole Natschke, who was in segregation during that time. "She told me that everyone would be better off without her." Three days later, the woman awoke to screaming. That was when she learned that Woodrich had hung herself.”
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