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Muslims mistreated at federal prison, report finds
AP ^ | 3.11.05

Posted on 03/11/2005 2:55:16 PM PST by ambrose

March 11, 2005, 2:44PM

Muslims mistreated at federal prison, report finds

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The warden and guards at a federal prison discriminated and retaliated against Muslim inmates, the Justice Department's inspector general said today in a report that also detailed allegations of mistreatment of Muslims at other U.S. lockups.

In one instance at the unidentified federal prison, the warden "unjustly and inappropriately" ordered an inmate transferred to special housing similar to solitary confinement for more than four months, Inspector General Glenn A. Fine said. The move came five days after the inmate talked to Fine's investigators.

Federal prosecutors declined to pursue criminal charges against the warden, and the incident was referred to the federal Bureau of Prisons, he said.

The treatment of Muslim prisoners was part of a semiannual report Fine produces about possible civil rights or civil liberties violations by the Justice Department.

The inspector general began one new investigation in the last half of 2004. It involves allegations that guards at another federal prison abused a Muslim inmate and allowed other inmates to assault him.

Fine also noted that the federal prison officials have yet to discipline anyone for the abuse more than a year after he documented the mistreatment of Arabs and Muslims detained at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.

In addition, prison officials told the inspector general they discovered more videotapes of the detainees at the Brooklyn facility, as well as of meetings between detainees and their lawyers. Previously disclosed tapes helped confirm that guards slammed detainees against walls, twisted their arms and conducted unnecessary strip searches. The prisons bureau and Fine are investigating why the other tapes were not given to them sooner.

Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Traci Billingsley said she had not seen Fine's report. "We take all allegations of staff misconduct very seriously and all are thoroughly investigated by BOP's office of internal affairs," she said.

The report stems from a provision of the anti-terror Patriot Act authorizing the inspector general to review complaints about civil liberties and civil rights abuses involving Justice Department personnel.

None of the complaints alleged misconduct relating to the Patriot Act, Fine said.

The latest report covers June 22 to the end of 2004. During that time, the inspector general received 1,943 such complaints, very few of which required investigation.

More than 1,300 did not cite an improper action by a Justice Department employee or include farfetched claims, such as that the government was using broadcast signals to interfere with a person's thoughts or lacing prison food with hallucinogenic drugs. Another 435 involved personnel from government agencies not under the inspector general's jurisdiction.

Of the remaining 195 complaints, only 12 were determined to warrant further review. Of those, only the inmate case involved potentially criminal behavior, Fine said.

Several investigations begun last year are continuing, including the arrest of Oregon lawyer Brandon Mayfield in connection with the Madrid train bombings a year ago. A Muslim convert, Mayfield was arrested in May on a material witness warrant after an FBI analysis concluded his fingerprint matched one found on a bag containing detonators like those used in the attacks in Spain.

A few weeks later, Mayfield was released after the FBI acknowledged it had made a mistake, and the fingerprint did not match Mayfield's.

Fine also is investigating three other cases involving alleged mistreatment in the federal detention of Muslims and Arabs. He referred seven other complaints from Muslim inmates to the federal Bureau of Prisons.

Several cases were closed during the six-month period:

—A prison guard admitted showing a Muslim inmate a picture of a naked woman and scratching in the area of his groin before attempting to shake inmates' hands, but an investigation found no evidence of discrimination against an inmate based on religion or politics.

—Fine found nothing to substantiate allegations by four people of Arab descent who say they were improperly detained by the FBI while trying to enter the United States.

—Investigators similarly did not find evidence to support a claim from a Muslim man that he was abused by FBI and immigration agents from his arrest in March 2002 to his deportation a month later.


TOPICS: Extended News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: crymeariver; muslimprisoners; patriotact
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To: Dog Gone
Oh, I get your meaning, and you are right ... even acknowledging this story gets their BullSh*t point across!  Sorry, it's Friday night and I guess I wasn't thinking straight!=)
21 posted on 03/11/2005 3:31:37 PM PST by usgator
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To: usgator

Prisoners being mistreated? Muzzies at that? Sorry, I used up all my sympathy on the victims of muzzie convicts. I have nothing left for human trash.


22 posted on 03/11/2005 3:36:15 PM PST by libs_kma (USA: The land of the Free....Because of the Brave!)
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To: libs_kma
Prisoners being mistreated?

Instead of the MSM worrying if "muzzies" are mistreated they should print the freakin' truth ... the "religion of peace" is neither.

23 posted on 03/11/2005 3:40:58 PM PST by usgator
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To: sarah_f
Read your bio, Sarah.  It's too bad our so called "educated" people in this country won't wake up to the real truth behind Islam, before it's too late.
24 posted on 03/11/2005 3:44:08 PM PST by usgator
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To: ambrose
I guess they haven't watched Oz have they?
25 posted on 03/11/2005 3:44:49 PM PST by ßuddaßudd (7 days - 7 ways (but you must follow the instructions carefully))
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To: BubbaTex
What the heck's wrong with wearing panties on your head? I usually do so when I'm getting undies out of the drier.

Man, that is way to much info to share!=)

26 posted on 03/11/2005 3:45:23 PM PST by usgator
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To: ßuddaßudd
I guess they haven't watched Oz have they

That was one of the first times I started questioning what this "religion" was all about.

27 posted on 03/11/2005 3:47:49 PM PST by usgator
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To: Dog Gone

Isn't this the same religion that glorifies beheadings? Maybe behead instead of abuse then? /sarcasm


28 posted on 03/11/2005 3:55:28 PM PST by BushisTheMan
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To: sarah_f

Read your profile.
Wow.
Some of it seems to be verbatim from my book.
But, in the end, you are right.


29 posted on 03/11/2005 3:58:40 PM PST by razoroccam (Then in the name of Allah, they will let loose the Germs of War (http://www.booksurge.com))
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To: BubbaTex
What the heck's wrong with wearing panties on your head? I usually do so when I'm getting undies out of the drier.

You too huh? No wonder women find us hard to understand. I don't understand it myself.

Actually, this is my preferred female underwear headgear.

Especially if it belongs to a woman that looks like this


30 posted on 03/11/2005 4:04:35 PM PST by benjaminjjones
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To: RoseofTexas

As soon as the converts leave prison...attitudes change with the first taste of ribs.


31 posted on 03/11/2005 4:13:26 PM PST by montomike (Gay means happy and carefree...not an abomination against nature's check valve.)
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To: montomike

Didn't Tyson covert to Islam in prison...I REST MY CASE..:)


32 posted on 03/11/2005 4:15:06 PM PST by RoseofTexas
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To: ambrose

This is OZ, not Wizard of Oz. They should be thankful they are not in a religion of peace islamic prison, and that we do not subscribe to their sharia.


33 posted on 03/11/2005 4:44:41 PM PST by deepFR
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To: ambrose
Maybe they don't feel like ending up in the same condition as Officer Louis Pepe.

Oddly enough, it seems there are no pix of the post-attack Officer Pepe on the net anymore, but I'm sure a lot of prison guards got a good look at what happened to him.

34 posted on 03/11/2005 5:05:04 PM PST by thoughtomator (I believe in the power of free markets to do good)
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To: razoroccam; usgator

That letter is making the rounds on the internet.

It purportedly is from "Tim," an ex-muslim. I saw it here on FreeRepublic and added it to my homepage. I am not the author.

I like it because it is consistent with what I've encountered.


35 posted on 03/11/2005 5:16:59 PM PST by sarah_f ( Know Islam, Know Terror.)
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To: deepFR
I can't understand why they suddenly do not want to be treated in accordance with their religion.

We hear about Muslims whining for halal meals and prayer mats, but all of a sudden they have an aversion to 'Islamic' treatment when it comes to executions and amputations.
36 posted on 03/11/2005 5:19:54 PM PST by Proud Infidel (There is no such thing as a moderate Huitzilopochtlist.)
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To: ambrose

Let them eat bacon.


37 posted on 03/11/2005 5:21:38 PM PST by LibKill (Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.)
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To: LibKill

I was thinking of Spam.

Damn It, just had dinner. Spam sounds better than the chicken I had!!


38 posted on 03/11/2005 5:25:42 PM PST by Springman (I'm from Detroit, need I say more?)
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To: ambrose

Of the remaining 195 complaints, only 12 were determined to warrant further review. Of those, only the inmate case involved potentially criminal behavior, Fine said

Of course this is buried in the middle of the article, as all AP wants the reader to see is the misleading headline. Explains why so many illiterate liberals who get their news from the Daily Show, SNL, and the See America (spelled with a K in their world) is evil headlines, just do not get it.


39 posted on 03/11/2005 5:28:17 PM PST by deepFR
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To: Springman
I was thinking of Spam.

So, you also know of the Pork That Cannot Die.

Let them eat Spam, or bacon.

It's a better diet than they deserve.

40 posted on 03/11/2005 5:30:59 PM PST by LibKill (Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.)
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