Erika Sumner<p>Four-points restraints are supposed to be a last resort &amp; only to be used briefly but the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racist</span></a> staff at this Illinois <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/penitentiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>penitentiary</span></a> left inmates in them for days, sometimes leaving scars the inmates dubbed “The Thomson tattoo”. THEN the new warden tried to address the abuse &amp; got a letter from inmates warning him the guards were trying to bribe them to attack him. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OverseerOfficer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OverseerOfficer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/abuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abuse</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/whitesupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whitesupremacy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BLM</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/11/15/1212860001/thomson-illinois-federal-prison" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2023/11/15/1212860001/</span><span class="invisible">thomson-illinois-federal-prison</span></a></p>