What Nathan DeGrave describes sounds less like a jail in the nation’s capital and more like the Turkish prison featured in Midnight Express.
One of the January 6 protesters locked up in Washington, D.C., has published a long letter describing the brutal conditions there.
What Nathan DeGrave describes sounds less like a jail in the nation’s capital and more like the Turkish prison featured in Midnight Express.
Degrave, who faces a 12-count indictment in connection with entering the U.S. Capitol during the mostly peaceful protest, tells a tale of beatings, starvation, poor hygiene, and lack of medical care.
Federal authorities seem to be permitting the savagery to punish the prisoners in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the federal Constitution before they are tried. The conditions might explain why D.C. corrections officials blocked a congressional delegation from entering the facility.
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