Chelsea Manning found guilty of breaking prison rules, not sent to solitary confinement

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last updated 19 August 2015

On Tuesday, a disciplinary board at the Fort Leavenworth federal prison in Kansas found Chelsea Manning guilty of breaking prison rules while under administrative segregation, according to her lawyer, Chase Strangio of the ACLU. The maximum punishment for the infractions — which included having the Caitlyn Jenner Vanity Fair and expired toothpaste — was indefinite solitary confinement, but the board settled on the lesser punishment of 21 days of restricted recreations, limiting her time in the library, gym, and outdoors.

Strangio said that public scrutiny kept Manning, the convicted leaker of classified secrets formerly known as Bradley Manning, out of solitary confinement. Earlier Tuesday, groups supporting Manning handed the U.S. Army petitions signed by 100,000 people urging clemency.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.