{"id":818990,"date":"2022-09-29T14:47:48","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T14:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecanary.co\/?p=1623163"},"modified":"2022-09-29T14:47:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T14:47:48","slug":"people-striking-in-alabamas-prisons-have-issued-demands-to-mitigate-the-humanitarian-crisis-inside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/09\/29\/people-striking-in-alabamas-prisons-have-issued-demands-to-mitigate-the-humanitarian-crisis-inside\/","title":{"rendered":"People striking in Alabama\u2019s prisons have issued demands to mitigate the \u2018humanitarian crisis\u2019 inside"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The aborted execution of Alan Miller<\/a> in Alabama last week is the latest in a series of botched executions in the state. Meanwhile, Kastellio Vaughan is emaciated and incapacitated<\/a> having returned to Alabama’s Elmore Correctional Facility\u00a0<\/span>immediately following major surgery. Since 26 September, people incarcerated in prisons state-wide have been on strike<\/a> to protest the “humanitarian crisis<\/a>” inside Alabama’s overcrowded, unsafe, and unsanitary facilities. Strike organisers are shining a light on the horrors of the inhumane and exploitative prison system, and demanding change.<\/p>\n

A series of human rights abuses<\/h2>\n

On 22 September, Alabama authorities halted the execution of Miller<\/a>\u00a0after spending hours seeking a vein to administer the lethal injection. This is the latest in a series of gruesome botched executions in the state. For example, in August, Alabama officials subjected\u00a0Joe Nathan James Jr<\/a> to a torturous execution which lasted three hours.<\/p>\n

Amounting Miller’s experience to ‘cruel and unusual’ punishment, journalist Pamela Colloff tweeted:<\/p>\n

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Last night's failed execution in Alabama is just one in a series of botched executions there. Alan Miller is the second man in three years to be led to Alabama's execution chamber, repeatedly prodded with needles, then returned to his cell. Sure seems cruel and unusual to me. https:\/\/t.co\/E3xyFPhlpQ<\/a><\/p>\n

— Pamela Colloff (@pamelacolloff) September 23, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n