Chelsea Manning sent to solitary for suicide attempt

U.S military whistleblower Chelsea Manning is to spend 14 days in solitary confinement after a suicide attempt in July.

The transgender soldier is serving 35 years in prison for passing classified files to Wikileaks.

A disciplinary board at the Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, military prison where Chelsea Manning is incarcerated informed her of the decision after a hearing on Thursday, according to a statement by support group “Fight for the Future.”

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