The Camp

Intensive Maoist-style re-education will stop the spread of detrimental information. The monstrous leverage of the R4 state machine applied to screwing down troublesome components. There are twenty to a cell here. Cells built for four at most. Prisoner comfort isn’t high on the priority list. There’s a hole for a toilet where you must squat to defecate. Privacy is dead. Most inmates have louse. It spreads throughout the cells. Stretching out to sleep is out of the question. The best you can do is slide down the wall, pull your knees up to your chin, and try to catch some winks if you can, with one eye open all the while. An air of menace prevails. Prisoners are attacked in random acts of shocking violence. Homosexual rape is a frequent occurrence, too.

Ó Brian Ahern 2014