MODERN TORTURE

Modern Tools Of Torture

Alen J Salerian MD

November 25, 2014

  Modern armies have become wiser to use torture and get away with it.  Modern tools are humiliation, terror, fear and psychological abuse to induce  pain.

     The modern strategy seems to be brilliant . It is brilliant because it is armed with superb efficacy to cause pain, break down individual defenses yet remain immune to potential societal consequences. I observe that neuroscientific knowledge has greatly helped our  progress in engineering pain by  relying on specific vulnerabilities of human brain.

     FMC Butner is a perfect example of how to engineer effective but not very easily observable torture.

  During the 119 days  at FMC Butner my brain was  constantly exposed to the following sensory input:

A . Racial slurs (N…..)

B .Violence

C . Death threats

D. Threats of violence

E .Cursing (F…)

F . Exploitation (slave labor) , man-made medical injuries (tardive dyskinesia) physical assault ,(humiliation (strip search) of people with mental illness.

G. Noise pollution

H. Arbitrary unlawful punitive acts (solitary confinement)

I. Loss of faith in reason or law to protect a prisoner .

J. Fire alarms or drills with no explanation.

K. Humiliation (coexistence with feces and urine, threats of eating feces)

L. Shame(examination of stretched  buttocks and genitals)

M. Ridicule (laughter and ridicule during examination of stretched buttocks and genitals)

N. Long periods of solitary confinement in unsanitary conditions.

  The Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of prisons seem to be aware of all of the above acts. The language used by DOJ refer to the grotesque abuses of people with mental illness as strip search, security measures, rehab,, and  common  and necessary conditions for inmates. DOJ doesn't view them as torture.