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"As people testified before Congress this week about the brutality and violence
they’d suffered at the hands of ICE, that massive paramilitary organization was
shopping for giant warehouse-style facilities they can retrofit into what they
euphemistically call “detention centers.”
Cable news people call them “prison camps” or “Trump prison camps,” but look in
any dictionary: prisons are where people
convicted of crimes are held. As
Merriam-Webster notes, a
prison is:
“[A]n institution for confinement of persons convicted of serious crimes.”
Jails are where people accused of crimes but
still waiting for their day in
court are held, as Merriam-Webster notes:
“[S]uch a place under the jurisdiction of a local government for the
confinement of persons awaiting trial or those convicted of minor crimes.”
But what do you call a place where people who’ve committed no criminal offense
(immigration violations are civil, not criminal, infractions)? The fine
dictionary people at Merriam-Webster note the proper term is “
concentration
camp”:
“[A] place where large numbers of people (such as prisoners of war,
political prisoners, refugees, or the members of an ethnic or religious
minority) are detained or confined under armed guard.”"
Via Janet Logan.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
