What does torture look like at Stillwater prison?
Our friend, Philip Vance, has been in solitary confinement since Sept. 7. He was given 180 days in “the hole,” just as his story of wrongful conviction began gaining public attention.
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Our friend, Philip Vance, has been in solitary confinement since Sept. 7. He was given 180 days in “the hole,” just as his story of wrongful conviction began gaining public attention.
Philip Vance was part of a Labor Day weekend protest inside Stillwater prison over living conditions that led to a lockdown and solitary confinement for some of those involved.
The Stillwater prison was placed on emergency lockdown Sunday after about 100 prisoners in a living unit declined to return to their cells, according to a Minnesota Department of Corrections
On Sunday, the prison was placed on emergency lockdown for about eight hours when about 100 prisoners in a living unit reportedly declined to return to their cells.
Prisoners claim they lack AC and fresh water in their cells, aren’t allowed showers.