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by xyzal 462 days ago
The account of a detained Canadian woman

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/canadian-det...

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No mention of "torture" in the article?
you don't exactly need to be beaten with a hose. that said:

- psychological manipulation through prolonged uncertainty and withholding information

- dehumanizing conditions like freezing cells with inadequate blankets

- sleep deprivation

- physical suffering during a 24-hour transfer between facilities while shackled and confined in a prison bus

- humiliation and degradation particularly during pregnancy testing procedures where she was forced to squat over a communal toilet with others present

- arbitrary detention without any timeframe without clear legal justification despite having an approved visa and no criminal record

The German tattoo artist got 8 days of solitary confinement, like so many others in ICE detention, that ICE only ended after her mental breakdown and self-injury, and not out of ICE having respect for their own rules.