Former US soldier and Transgender Chelsea Manning faces solitary confinement over Caitlyn Jenner magazine
The transgender US soldier formerly known as Bradley Manning was convicted of espionage in August 2013 and is serving 35 years for passing more than 700,000 classified documents to Wikileaks. Manning, 27, who worked as an army intelligence analyst in Iraq, is serving her sentence at the maximum security Fort Leavenworth military prison in Kansas.
The prison has charged her with "possession of prohibited property" which also included a copy of I am Malala, the memoir by teenage activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.
Manning also had books about transgender issues and the hacking group Anonymous, and a copy of Cosmopolitan magazine.
She is also charged with "misusing medicine" after an out-of-date tube of toothpaste was found in her cell. The former army private was also charged with disorderly conduct for sweeping food onto the floor, and disrespect to a prison guard. She will appear before a three-person prison panel on Tuesday to hear her punishment for the rules infractions. Indefinite solitary confinement is the maximum penalty Manning could face.
According to a petition launched by Manning's supporters she swept food off a table, almost hitting a prison officer, on July 2 and that led to the disorderly conduct charge. Her cell was subsequently searched which led to the discovery of books and magazines, and the toothpaste which had expired on April 9. The Vanity Fair issue featured Caitlyn Jenner, the Olympic decathlon gold medalist formerly known as Bruce Jenner, who announced earlier this year that she was transitioning to become a woman.
The prison has charged her with "possession of prohibited property" which also included a copy of I am Malala, the memoir by teenage activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.
Manning also had books about transgender issues and the hacking group Anonymous, and a copy of Cosmopolitan magazine.
She is also charged with "misusing medicine" after an out-of-date tube of toothpaste was found in her cell. The former army private was also charged with disorderly conduct for sweeping food onto the floor, and disrespect to a prison guard. She will appear before a three-person prison panel on Tuesday to hear her punishment for the rules infractions. Indefinite solitary confinement is the maximum penalty Manning could face.
According to a petition launched by Manning's supporters she swept food off a table, almost hitting a prison officer, on July 2 and that led to the disorderly conduct charge. Her cell was subsequently searched which led to the discovery of books and magazines, and the toothpaste which had expired on April 9. The Vanity Fair issue featured Caitlyn Jenner, the Olympic decathlon gold medalist formerly known as Bruce Jenner, who announced earlier this year that she was transitioning to become a woman.
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