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300. Human Rights Watch (1997) Turkey: Torture and Mistreatment in Pre-Trial detention by Anti-Terror police. 19 th March.)Torture, especially
by anti-terror police units, continues to be practiced widely in police detention in Turkey. Torture by the anti-terror unit is neither spontaneous nor
rogue. This unit has methodically incorporated torture and abuse into its daily operations, utilizing special equipment, including special straps to
bind detainees, high pressure hoses, racks for suspending suspects by their arms, and instruments to apply electric shock(.
301. Amnesty International (1999) Urgent Action (UA 287/99) Fear of torture/ill-treatment AI Index: AMR 51/179/99. 3 November. Other New
Mexico inmates transferred to Wallens Ridge in September have made similar allegations of torture or ill-treatment. For example, Perry Connor
has alleged that he was subjected to electro-shocks on his testicles from a stun gun, and Joseph Saavedra, Raymond Tahod and Julian Fuentes
have alleged that they were beaten and/or shocked with stun guns. At least one of them has said that the electro-shocks caused him
uncontrollable defecation. The New Mexico Corrections Department has conducted a initial investigation into the allegations, but has not made its
findings public(.
302. St Louis Post-Dispatch (1997) Graphic Tape Shows Attacks on Inmates Scenes Depict Kicking, Stun Gun Prods and Dog Bites. August 17 th .
A 1:1. )In a dramatic show of force, Texas deputies curse, kick, drag and zap with an electronic stun gun Missouri prisoners who had been calmly
relaxing in their bunks minutes before. Missouri prisoners housed in rented cells as part of a lease agreement with Texas have made claims of
abuse for months. But their stories were routinely rejected as overblown by the Texas Jail Standards Commission and the Missouri Department of
Corrections. Now the FBI is investigating for possible assault charges and civil rights violations. The Missouri Corrections Department is yanking
its 415 male prisoners out of the jail in Brazoria County, Texas, beginning this week. And on Friday, Missouri abruptly cancelled its $6 million
annual contract with that rural county, south of Houston(.
303. Boston Globe. August 19 th 1997. Advocate wants inmates returned NBC report prompts worry about Texas jails. A videotape that shows Texas prison
guards beating and kicking inmates from Missouri at a county jail where they are housed has prompted one former lawmaker to question the safety of
Massachusetts prisoners sent to Texas. The tape, made by prison officials as a training tool and aired on NBC last night, shows the guards conducting a raid after
one of them smelled marijuana. Dressed in riot gear, the guards are shown forcing inmates to crawl as they are prodded by stun guns, chased and bitten by attack
dogs, and sprayed with tear gas. Missouri officials were so upset by the incident that they pulled their 415 prisoners out of the Texas jail and brought them back to
Missouri. They also cancelled their $6 million contract with the private company that manages the jail where the episode happened, in Brazoria County, just south
of Houston.
304. In affidavits taken by FIAC lawyers in Miami, some detainees said they were shackled and three said they were jolted with a device that gives
electric shocks. Cuban detainee Rolando Alberto Vera Leon said guards shackled him spread-eagled to a concrete bed, face down; zapped him
with a 50,000-volt riot shield; and left him there for 17 hours. At least eight detainees saw other INS detainees jolted with the "shock shield" or stun
guns. Others said they were beaten; cursed with anti-immigrant comments and racial epithets; and arbitrarily placed in solitary confinement for
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