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thedailyfeed:

Jailed and ignored for two years, Stephen Slevin was awarded $22 million by a federal jury in Santa Fe in one of the largest prisoner-rights judgments ever.

Stephen Slevin was never convicted of a crime. But for two years, he languished in a New Mexico jail cell, going month after month without showers or outdoor recreation or human contact.

His nails grew so long that they curled. Refused medication and denied access to a dentist, he says he was forced to pull his own tooth.

 In the photo on the left, Slevin appears in his mugshot following his August 2005 arrest; on the right, he is malnourished and disheveled after two years in solitary confinement.

Photo: Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Department/AP

Fucking heartbreaking. Fuck fuck fuckkk the injustice system.

(via adailyriot)