Stop Unethical Treatment of Inmates at North Branch Correctional Institution in Cumberland, MD
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December 11, 2013
The accounts of systematic neglect appearing in the comments section continue to underscore the urgency of these demands. I am currently compiling documentation to present to the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to ensure this situation remains visible to those with the authority to intervene.
December 11, 2013
The momentum behind this petition highlights the growing public concern regarding the conditions at North Branch Correctional Institution. This collective commitment confirms that the standard of treatment for those in custody requires an immediate and transparent review.
Reached 100 supporters
December 11, 2013
22 Comments
My son has reported more than once showers once a week No outside time remaining locked inside cell for days at a time inmates toilet stopped up with fecal matter not taken care of for days left to smell and not let out of the cell reports of racial slurs
I am very concerned about the worst prison in the United States, North Branch Correctional Institution because of the inhumane treatment they have given my step-father since he's been housed here for the past four years. He was in the Feds for over 30 years as an inmate, but when he came to NBCI he experienced the worst times of his incarcerated life. He locked down 24 hours a day and the food the feed him in paper bags never is the proper temperature. I'm going to call the Health Department because food should be cooked at a certain temperature so the inmates will not get sick.
When I visit my son, he has to be shackled, hands in handcuffs, chained to his waist, then chained to his legs, and hehind glass. The handcuffs are so tight, they make ridges in his wrists! Is this really called for?? Maybe Martin O'Malley should go to work like this!!! He seems to have made these rules and decisions!!! Showers now once a week, there for a while it was every other week, and bagged meals for months!!! Treated like animals, no wait, my animal is treated better than this!!!!!!!!!!
It is time to end the mistreatment and the cover-ups and to remember that no matter what an individual has been convicted of in a court, he or she is still a human being and should be treated with dignity and respect.
I have seen first hand how these people do as they please to inmates without any fear of being punished. They violate every thing that the prison has set in place as far as rules and they do it because they can. They've been breaking laws for a long time with no reprecussions and I've been told to complain to whoever I want. They know that they will not be held accountable. They create a hostile environment by forcing volatile inmates to live under horrible conditions. They've even gone as far to keep them from communication with family by denying them phone calls. This place needs to be shook down from the warden and down because he allows this behavior.
It’s ridiculous how inmates are treated
We must not let this happen its not fair , the prisoners is suffering enough just by being their.you wouldn't let no one harm your family !
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Stop Unethical Treatment of Inmates at North Branch Correctional Institution in Cumberland, MD
Updates
December 11, 2013
The accounts of systematic neglect appearing in the comments section continue to underscore the urgency of these demands. I am currently compiling documentation to present to the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to ensure this situation remains visible to those with the authority to intervene.
December 11, 2013
The momentum behind this petition highlights the growing public concern regarding the conditions at North Branch Correctional Institution. This collective commitment confirms that the standard of treatment for those in custody requires an immediate and transparent review.
Reached 100 supporters
December 11, 2013
22 Comments
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment", appear in Article Five of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights These rights are human (humane) rights, what kind of society "civilization " allows it's citizens,regardless of the crime committed, allows for such barbaric practices?
My son has reported more than once showers once a week No outside time remaining locked inside cell for days at a time inmates toilet stopped up with fecal matter not taken care of for days left to smell and not let out of the cell reports of racial slurs
I am very concerned about the worst prison in the United States, North Branch Correctional Institution because of the inhumane treatment they have given my step-father since he's been housed here for the past four years. He was in the Feds for over 30 years as an inmate, but when he came to NBCI he experienced the worst times of his incarcerated life. He locked down 24 hours a day and the food the feed him in paper bags never is the proper temperature. I'm going to call the Health Department because food should be cooked at a certain temperature so the inmates will not get sick.
When I visit my son, he has to be shackled, hands in handcuffs, chained to his waist, then chained to his legs, and hehind glass. The handcuffs are so tight, they make ridges in his wrists! Is this really called for?? Maybe Martin O'Malley should go to work like this!!! He seems to have made these rules and decisions!!! Showers now once a week, there for a while it was every other week, and bagged meals for months!!! Treated like animals, no wait, my animal is treated better than this!!!!!!!!!!
It is time to end the mistreatment and the cover-ups and to remember that no matter what an individual has been convicted of in a court, he or she is still a human being and should be treated with dignity and respect.
I have seen first hand how these people do as they please to inmates without any fear of being punished. They violate every thing that the prison has set in place as far as rules and they do it because they can. They've been breaking laws for a long time with no reprecussions and I've been told to complain to whoever I want. They know that they will not be held accountable. They create a hostile environment by forcing volatile inmates to live under horrible conditions. They've even gone as far to keep them from communication with family by denying them phone calls. This place needs to be shook down from the warden and down because he allows this behavior.
It’s ridiculous how inmates are treated
We must not let this happen its not fair , the prisoners is suffering enough just by being their.you wouldn't let no one harm your family !
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No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment", appear in Article Five of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights These rights are human (humane) rights, what kind of society "civilization " allows it's citizens,regardless of the crime committed, allows for such barbaric practices?