This is an archive of the former website of the Maoist Internationalist Movement, which was run by the now defunct Maoist Internationalist Party - Amerika. The MIM now consists of many independent cells, many of which have their own indendendent organs both online and off. MIM(Prisons) serves these documents as a service to and reference for the anti-imperialist movement worldwide.

Innocent until proven guilty? Not in Massachusetts

According to the U.$. constitution, people are to be presumed innocent until they are proven guilty in a court of law. Now since the court process itself is a sham, it should come as little surprise that people are tortured before conviction.

In Massachusetts, those awaiting trial go before a bail hearing. Bail is often set so high that the accused must remain behind bars. And those identified by their political or social affiliations to be a threat to the system are sent to control units.

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