Reply #47: Also, is this the same prison where the Palestinian photographer

[berry]

Also, is this the same prison where the Palestinian photographer was killed by a soldier on a US tank last year? I think it was after the press was allowed to see the prison for the first time.

For whatever reason (security is probably cited), all the prisons and detention centers have been off-limits to the press.

Not that any amount of officially sanctioned access would have revealed this, I suppose.

But maybe I shouldn't be so shocked--even these horrendous photos don't go that far beyond what should have been imagined from seeing all the photos of "bagged" prisoners, and videos of soldiers breaking into homes.... The goal was clearly to humiliate and terrify prisoners. From brutalizing to torture was probably a small step.

I'm feeling sick-angry-appalled. And daunted to think of what must be done to turn this country around. I want to hope it's possible...