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Article that goes into the specifics in regards to Pelican Bay, California;s supermax that houses most inmates in solitary confinement from the start.

Animal abuse being showed in pictures being too graphic for media. Telling people that it's needed to show people the torture that animals go through, and that it is not right.

In one of the memos Steven Bradbury explores the psychological tool of 'learned helplessness' and how it is employed to condition detainees through techniques such as 'nudity', 'dietary manipulation' and 'sleep deprivation'. This results in a total reliance on their captors for meeting basic human needs. It is not okay to treat humans this way.

Women in the united states have never been issued on the front lines, however things may change. This article gives a brief but blunt pros and cons list of considerable reasons why women should and shouldn't be allowed to fight on the front line. The fact that struct me the most was the equal opportunities for promotion and how combat experience is a huge influence for promotion.

This was very upsetting. The video briefly descibes Brianna's death and her killers. Following is an article that says Brianna's killers will not serve their full sentence due to good behavior. Her mother who was one of her killers will be released after serving only 13 of her 27 year sentence. Where is our justice for our innocent lives?

I have a hard time reading about the mistreatment of children. This was difficult to watch and read. I think that the biggest issue here though is that murderers are being released without serving a full or fair sentence simply because they know how to behave well in front of the prison guards.

I too have a difficult time hearing about how mothers, especially mothers, can harm their children. I have children of my own and I don't understand how some one can do that to their child. I hate how Brianna's killers can get away with it, and yes I do think they got away with it because they aren't rooting in jail for the rest of their lives just because they played the part and acted innocent while in jail.