The Intercept:: Trump Is Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud: Federal Prisons Are Purposely Inhumane…..And that’s how he wants to keep it, his executive orders and memos from Attorney General Pam Bondi show.
“That suggests that they’re actually encouraging the Bureau of Prisons to maintain monstrous conditions, or that they think they’re already monstrous conditions in the BOP somewhere, and that somebody could be put there. Which again, seems like a very odd thing for the executive to be saying about one of his agencies.”
The administration’s use of language describing federal detention as “monstrous” is on par with how Trump has spoken on criminal justice from the start, said death row attorney Dale Baich. He previously led the unit of the Arizona Federal Defender’s Office that represents people sentenced to death in post-conviction proceedings.
“I was really taken aback by the number of adjectives in the order,” Baich said. “But, you know, that’s how he campaigned, that’s how Project 2025 was drafted. We really shouldn’t be surprised.”
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Trump Is Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud: Federal Prisons Are Purposely Inhumane
