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Home Front: WoT
REID WANTS BETTER DEAL
2004-08-22
British shoe bomber Richard Reid is suing US prison authorities over his harsh prison conditions. The Londoner is being helid in a maximum security jail in Colorado for attempting to explode his sneakers blow up an American Airlines flight in December 2001. But he has appealed to a judge to be allowed the "same rights and privileges as other inmates" at the prison. Reid is trying to end his isolation and lack of access to Arabic-language religious books. In May, prison authorities told the inmate he had been placed on special administrative measures. These restricted his access to letters, the media, telephone and visitors. A federal prison official told him it was because "there is a substantial risk that your communications or contacts with persons could result in death or serious bodily injury." In his case, Reid, 31, said his cell had a window but he could not see out of it.
Posted by:tipper

#15  If he wants a better deal, I think he should get an agent instead of a lawyer. He could get great endorsements like Nike Air Reids, for explosive action on the courts..
Posted by: Ol_Dirty_American   2004-08-22 5:02:15 PM  

#14  "his cell had a window but he could not see out of it"
The lighting in each of the cells is designed to prohibit sunlight: a slit 3 inches wide and 3 feet long facing a wall or rec yard. The slit window and a florescent light strip provide the only illumination in the cell. The furniture is gray concrete built into white walls with drab green trim. The steel and cement cells are sealed off to prohibit any communication between prisoners. Reid's cell is no different from that of the other prisoners. The difference is that his communications are more restricted (as in none) than most of the other incorrigibles there.
No sympathy here.
Posted by: GK   2004-08-22 3:55:15 PM  

#13  the treatment he's getting is inestimably better than the treatment he was planning on unleashing, and is way better than he deserves.

He should complete the task of killing himself.
Posted by: PlanetDan   2004-08-22 3:02:37 PM  

#12  Next thing he'll complain about the food and his cancelled Playboy subscription.

"his cell had a window but he could not see out of it"

I don't know but this had me wondering about Muslims in general...
Posted by: True German Ally   2004-08-22 2:36:01 PM  

#11  You all realize that there is no such thing as "general population" at Florence Administrative Maximum Prison?
Posted by: gromky   2004-08-22 2:32:45 PM  

#10  But he has appealed to a judge to be allowed the "same rights and privileges as other inmates" at the prison.

Fine, grant him his 'rights' and put him in GP - he'll be dead in 3 days. Works for me.
Posted by: Raj   2004-08-22 1:20:26 PM  

#9  Ya wanna a better deal, Richard? Here take these shoes, just like you were wearing on the plane, and this Zippo. Now go out in the middle of the yard and show us what you did wrong the first time you tried blowing yourself up along with a couple hundred real people.
BTW, at Florence -- isolation is all there is. The closet thing to 'general population' are units D, F, and G where out-of-cell time is a total of nine hours a week -- three times a week for three hours with only one other person.
Posted by: GK   2004-08-22 1:07:41 PM  

#8  I've I've I've never never never done done done that that that...
Posted by: Shipman   2004-08-22 11:22:31 AM  

#7  sorry i'm a moron and post my comments twice
Posted by: smokeysinse   2004-08-22 10:57:28 AM  

#6  yeah i say put him in gen. pop and lets see how the neo nazi crowd and him get along
Posted by: smokeysinse   2004-08-22 10:56:47 AM  

#5  yeah i say put him in gen. pop and lets see how the neo nazi crowd and him get along
Posted by: smokeysinse   2004-08-22 10:56:39 AM  

#4  I think he should have the right to become someone's girlfriend.
Posted by: Ol_Dirty_American   2004-08-22 9:11:48 AM  

#3  Colorado has 44 mountains over 14,000 feet high. We can always find him a 3'x3'x8' 1/2" solid steel shack on the top of one of them, with just four bars welded over an open hole for him to peer through. Put it up this time of year - there was 2' of snow on Pike's Peak two days ago. We've also been having some NASTY thunderstorms, with several hundred hits a day on the mountaintops. Wind gust yesterday on top of Culebra Peak was 124MPH.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2004-08-22 5:51:56 AM  

#2  He better STFU or he may get what he wants and end up very dead.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2004-08-22 5:35:04 AM  

#1  Let him join the population in the prison.He can negotiate with them.Heh.
Posted by: crazyhorse   2004-08-22 3:30:50 AM  

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