The cages, called “calming areas,” were used for detainees to “reflect on their behavior choices, manage their emotions, reduce stress and practice self-directed behavior,” according to the inspector general’s report.
The cages, called “calming areas,” were used for detainees to “reflect on their behavior choices, manage their emotions, reduce stress and practice self-directed behavior,” according to the inspector general’s report.
So the Homeland Security Inspector General has officially stated that the detention facility used inhumane punishments on detainees. I mean, if the punishments were not humane then they were, by definition inhumane. Or to phrase it another way, cruel. A synonym for “unconventional” is unusual. So the Homeland Security IG has stated in an official report that cruel and unusual punishments were used against detainees.
That is a clear violation of the 8th Amendment to the Constitution which states “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.”
I wonder what will come of this? Oh, who am I kidding? If anything happens, it’ll be that the person who wrote the report will spend a couple weeks in one of those cages as a cruel and unusual punishment for stepping on Trump’s toes.