Oh, my misguided friends, let me talk to you about that “top notch medical care.”
(Uh, there isn’t any)
(Uh, there isn’t any)
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1576747670924034049
The above tweet is not to say that conditions of confinement in U.S. jails are generally acceptable; they are not. We consistently subject pre-trial (and post-conviction) prisoners to inhumane conditions that violate all sorts of domestic and international law.
It's just that most of America has not historically cared about conditions in jails because the imprisoned population across the country is overwhelmingly African American. #structuralracism
Don't take my word for it. Here are the comments of former UN Special Rapporteur Juan Mendez on just one illegal aspect of U.S. prisons: excessive use of solitary confinement.
thedailybeast.com/why-the-us-won…
thedailybeast.com/why-the-us-won…
Which brings me back to Guantanamo. To the Jan. 6 prisoners: the conditions you call inhumane and torturous are what Gitmo detainees have lived for two decades. Religious freedom? Qurans in toilets. Medical care? Litigating for crumbs. And solitary? Years, decades of solitary.
So trust me, you don't want to come to Gitmo. Maybe we should all work together to improve prison conditions based on recognition of shared humanity, instead of otherizing people based on racial or economic backgrounds.
Just a thought.
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