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Thursday, November 20, 2008 12:00 AM

Five detainees ordered released "forthwith" after seven years at Guantanamo

If the U.S. Congress had its way, these men would continue to be imprisoned despite there being no evidence of their guilt.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Thursday, November 20, 2008 09:09 PM

    Charges?

    Great news . . . but is there any chance that anyone will ever face any sort of sanction or punishment over these horrendous detentions and what amounts to torture of these people?

    By the way- I have actually seen popular shows on prisons in America that highlight solitary confinement or "super-max" detentions and they openly said in one of them how brights lights are left on 24/7. I took this to be a common practice now in American prisons. They also openly talked about the long term damage done to the inmates and their minds in these solitary units (that don't have even so much as a pretense at "reform" or rehabilitation any longer.)

    I don't consider myself to be a "bleeding heart" but these shows that celebrate punishment of criminals in our society- that seem to take joy in their torment- are sickening.

    If leaving the lights on 24/7 in a cell isn't "cruel and unusual punishment" what is?

    —Chris Dowd Read Chris Dowd's other letters

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