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Forgotten 2 years
59-year-old Stephen Slevin spent two years in solitary confinement in prison in New Mexico due to the fact that he was there simply forgotten. Prisoner of captivity had himself pulling teeth and bite off the nails. American Stephen Slevin, who was arrested in 2005 for drunk driving, in anticipation of the investigation spent 22 months in solitary confinement in prison in New Mexico in complete isolation due to the fact that about him ... just forgot! 74,714,313
According to NBC News, while in solitary confinement, without a soul, absolute lack of hygiene, Slevin experienced all the delights of penitentiary system. His fingernails have reached such a length that swirled around his legs, and on the skin due to the inability to use the shower appeared fungus. In addition, he had to pull himself out of the teeth of the ban to visit the dentist, according to NTV. All requests for medical assistance and the administration of the prison guards ignorirovali.
But the most terrible disease that he had "earned" while in detention - is lung cancer, not to mention the mental state. Doctors say that because of the cancer he left to live no more than a year. Court ultimately was never - Slevin has not even seen the judge never. The "own" it upekli for allegedly suicidal. Once a man cleared of all charges and was released, Slevin has filed a counterclaim.
Now, for the suffering he has received one of the largest compensation among US prisoners in the history of the country - 15, 5 million dollars. However, according to Slevin, it is not a health dengah- he will not recover. His greatest desire was to draw attention to the inhuman conditions of detention of prisoners.
Source: www.topnews.ru/news_id_56634.html