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A New Mexico man who was arrested for a DWI - but never given a trial - and was then thrown into solitary confinement for two years has been awarded $22 million from the Dona Ana County jail for inhumane treatment. Stephen Slevin was denied access to all medical care to the point of having to pull his own tooth while in solitary, he said. Image: Stephen Slevin, two years into his solitary confinement, left; mugshot when arrested, right. Credit: NBC News Zoom

A New Mexico man who was arrested for a DWI - but never given a trial - and was then thrown into solitary confinement for two years has been awarded $22 million from the Dona Ana County jail for inhumane treatment.

Stephen Slevin was denied access to all medical care to the point of having to pull his own tooth while in solitary, he said.

Image: Stephen Slevin, two years into his solitary confinement, left; mugshot when arrested, right. Credit: NBC News

Posted on Wednesday, January 25 2012.
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    This is an incredible story...unbelievable. It makes you wonder what
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    Inexcusable. This is almost something straight out of Gaddafi’s Libya if it were not
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    How does something like this happen?
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    FUCK THE PENAL SYSTEM.
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    WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?! If they are doing this to White people…
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    I still cringe whenever I read about things like this happening anywhere, not just in the US. >_>
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  28. heroes-get-made said: How did this happen in the U.S.?!
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