Jared Chase,who was imprisoned on charges related to a Nato protest, has Huntington’s disease and experts say he deserves treatment not punishmentA 30-year-former Illinois prisoner diagnosed with a degenerative disease that destroys higher brain functioning will spend at least two more years behind bars for conduct experts say deserves treatment instead of disciplinary action. Jared Chase was sentenced on Monday to an additional year in prison for squirting a shampoo bottle of his human waste at a correctional officer. At the time of the assault in 2013, or he was in jail facing state terrorism charges related to protests against the 2012 Nato summit in Chicago. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com