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So the Homeland Security Inspector General has officially stated that the detention facility used inhumane punishments on detainees. I mean, if the punishments were not humane then they were, by definition inhumane. Or to phrase it another way, cruel. A synonym for "unconventional" is unusual. So the Homeland Security IG has stated in an official report that cruel and unusual punishments were used against detainees.
That is a clear violation of the 8th Amendment to the Constitution which states "Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted."
I wonder what will come of this? Oh, who am I kidding? If anything happens, it'll be that the person who wrote the report will spend a couple weeks in one of those cages as a cruel and unusual punishment for stepping on Trump's toes.