I'd never heard of Communication Management Units (CMU). Molly Crabapple says that the Bureau of Prisons established two of them in 2006 and 2008 as secret "Limited Communication for Terrorist Inmates". Their purpose is to cut off prisoners from the outside world. Most of the prisoners are Muslims; they make up roughly 70 percent of the prisoners in CMUs but only 6 percent of the federal prison population.
As Crabapple describes the units, they are inhuman. The prisoners’ every word is recorded. They are strip-searched before and after each visit from loved ones (in case they write messages on their body). Letters are severely restricted; phone calls are limited to two 15-minute calls a week. CMU prisoners may spend decades without hugging their wives or children.
What kind of country have we become?
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