“Most of them were picked up in the aftermath of 9\/11 and have been held without criminal charges or due process and, in some cases, without access to a lawyer,” Khan added. “The food is insufficient and inadequate, and even though some of the detainees have heart conditions or suffer from diabetes and ulcers, medical care is practically nonexistent.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
more on this story from democracy now<\/a> and the hindustan times<\/a>. don’t expect a lot of major-network coverage in the united states.<\/p>\n i also found a story<\/a> about what it takes to get a congolese refugee out of the wackenhut detention center.<\/p>\n if you’d like a job, drop by the wackenhut career center<\/a>, and you, too, can be in a position to abuse detainees, or maybe tattle on someone else that is. wackenhut is so good, they’ve got a whole website<\/a> run by a union to keep track of their newsworthy activities. one interesting example<\/a> has the company that runs security hired to test security – so we can invoke the whole “fox guarding the henhouse<\/a>” line.<\/p>\n [core lead via boingboing<\/a>]<\/p>\n
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