The Reasonable Activist

The latest US report shows that more than 1 in 10 juvenile offenders are molested or raped.  Around 85 percent of these occurences are at the hands of a staff member, rather than another inmate.  Surprisingly, 95 percent of all youth reporting staff sexual misconduct said they had been victimized by a female. 

For the full article, read:

Alternet: Shocking Report Reveals Epidemic of Sexual Abuse in Juvenile Prisons

I have the unenviable position of being neither for nor against this war.  Of course, I support the soldiers.  Then again, I also support humane treatment of all prisoners, even ones that don’t deserve it.  But whether or not you can justify the war at its inception, you can’t just send everyone home overnight, especially not when a war has been going on for as long as Afghanistan.  There’s probably a whole war-based economy by now that would collapse, for one (and no, I am not talking about the dealing of weapons).  Once you get past the inflammatory title, this is actually a well-rounded article that touches, if however briefly, on how complex these issues can be when viewed from different angles.

Obama’s Secret Prisons: Night Raids, Hidden Detention Centers, the “Black Jail” and the Dogs of War in Afghanistan