Wednesday, September 22, 2010

emotional or psychological harm

Physical harm is real. However, there are other kinds of harm:

Deprivation: being locked in solitary confinement. Talk to no one, not even the guard. No sun, no wind, no fresh air; no sounds. No sleep. No hygiene [no showers, soap or change of clothes]. No doctors. No nurses. bad food: no nutrition

One prisoner said, "I did not mind it so much when the guard hit me. It was the cries next door that I could not bear." [cries and screams from another nearby prisoner]

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