Jailed transgender soldier Chelsea Manning is facing "administrative
offenses" related to her July 5 suicide attempt that could result in
indefinite solitary confinement, her attorneys have said.
Manning, who was convicted in 2013 on espionage
charges for sending more than 700,000 classified documents to the
anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks, was briefly hospitalized earlier this month for an unknown medical condition. It was later confirmed that she had tried to end her own life.
Army officials quickly returned Manning from the hospital to the
all-male U.S. Disciplinary Barracks in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where
she is currently serving a 35-year sentence. On Thursday, Manning's
attorneys at the American Civil Liberties Union learned that the Army
had informed her she was being investigated for serious new charges
related to the suicide attempt.
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