Re: Torture Torture and more torture
Ma: I assume you’re talking about a prison in the US that is holding people who violated US criminal laws. Since the topic is about “torture”, the correct question is whether any of these activities would be viewed as “torture” if conducted in a prison based within America holding people who violated criminal laws. For 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6, I’m pretty sure the answer is NO under almost any set of circumstances. As to #2, more facts would be needed.
Fact is, in America, prisoners have a whole bunch of rights that do not flow specifically from the US Constitution. They flow from federal, state and local laws as well as a prison’s own internal policies and procedures.
But, you see, there is absolutely no compelling reason to provide the same rights that prisoners in US jails and prisons have to the terrorists in Gitmo. The basis of the incarceration and the application of the principle of rehabilitation are quite different. We do not have any vision of rehabilitating any of the hard-core dead enders at Gitmo. We do not look forward to them being law abiding productive citizens and good neighbors when they get released. They are in Gitmo to prevent them from engaging in future terrorist activities and to obtain information from in the hopes of preventing other terrorist incidents.
Your brain appears to be stuck on the “reload” function. Try re-booting so you can input some new information in there.