The horrific brutality of US prisons has always been with us. It's a structural feature, not a "bad apple" issue. I work for ICE (and prison) abolition; have for a long time. It's important to recognize that the bloodlust didn't start with ICE. ICE just made it more visible to more folks. #ICEout
"This unit is a U.S.-soil Guantánamo Bay. People are taken from their nations, tortured brutally, and then dropped in a box for the remainder of their lives." Eric King's firsthand account of secretive supermax federal prison ADX—a preview from PM Press
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Inside America’s Most Secretive Supermax Prison - Eric King - Inquest
ADX federal prison is designed to hold people in extreme deprivation. Despite this, the men imprisoned there continue to fight for their rights and freedom.