It is surprising that the American press and public is shocked by
standard techniques used in American prisons every day. One of the
reasons nobody should mourn the loss of the late, ungreat Gov. Gray
Davis is that he blocked reforms or even investigations of the
massively corrupt and cruel California prison system, which has
spawned actual gangs of prison guards. Davis benefited
substantially from contributions to his campaign by Prison Guard
unions. The latest investigation is into the Youth Authority, after
two kids hung themselves last year. Standard practice there:
putting kids in 4 by 4 cages, starvation, forcing drugs upon them,
beatings, pepperspraying subdued kids, sexual assault, etc.
etc.
Abu Ghraim, far from being an aberration, is simply turning into
your normal American jail, with the random tortures inflicted, now,
on random Iraqis grabbed from checkpoints. What did they think was
going to happen?
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