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Chelsea Manning will spend at least seven days in solitary confinement for attempting suicide in July:
A military prison disciplinary board has sentenced US whistleblower Chelsea Manning to fourteen days in solitary confinement, her lawyer has said. She will spend seven days in solitary confinement for charges relating to her attempt to kill herself in July. She ended a hunger strike last week, after the military agreed to provide her with gender dysmorphia treatment. The army private, born as Bradley Manning, is serving a 35-year sentence for espionage.
Last July, the former intelligence officer attempted to take her own life, after what lawyers said was the Army's refusal to provide appropriate health care. She was found guilty on Thursday by prison officials in Leavenworth, Kansas, of "Conduct Which Threatens" for her suicide attempt. She also was convicted of having "prohibited property" - the book "Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy," by Gabriella Coleman.
Earlier this month, it was announced that the US Army will grant Chelsea Manning's request for gender transition surgery.
The President of the United States and others believe that constraints must be placed on the practice of solitary confinement. Studies have found that solitary confinement leads to increased risks of self-harm.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Username on Saturday September 24 2016, @11:10PM
First manning wanted to be the cool underground 1337 hacker secret leaking guy. When he was found, it was all about revealing the corrupt things the military is doing (yet everything that was leaked was kosher.) Then the leak was about tranny rights in the military. Now it’s about depression and mental illness.
Maybe, just maybe, this guy is an attention whoring douche bag and not some right wing rights lover.
How many people do you know that, not an attempt purely to gain attention, want to kill themselves, and actually fail? There is only two types I’ve noticed. Idiots and dude’s with half a skull drooling all over themselves.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday September 24 2016, @11:31PM
Manning is a prisoner in military custody and under close scrutiny. I think they can intercede in the event of a suicide attempt. In any case, the ACLU says Manning lost consciousness [aljazeera.com] after the attempt.
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(Score: 2) by Username on Sunday September 25 2016, @12:09AM
my point exactly. Lost consciousness while under supervision doesn’t sound like a serious attempt. Sounds like drama. If he was serious about dying he would have planned it out more and it would have said something like penetrating arterial rupture.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 24 2016, @11:46PM
> How many people do you know that, not an attempt purely to gain attention, want to kill themselves, and actually fail?
How many people do you even know that have attempted suicide at all?
If the sample size is large enough to draw anything remotely like a valid conclusion from then you must be the most depressing person in the entire world.