comeatmebroface:

refinery29:

This judge had exactly the right reaction to the shameful way nonviolent prisoners are treated in US jails

A woman was denied pants or tampons after being arrested for not completing a diversion course that was part of her sentencing from a shoplifting charge. But see how the judge reacts when she finds out that the prisoner’s humiliating treatment is apparently routine.

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I have so much respect for this judge but also it kind of terrifies me that this was news to her. If this is the kind of thing that the judicial system aren’t aware of, what other forms of torture are they putting inmates through that we don’t know about??