Sentence examples for subject prisoners from inspiring English sources

In its first week in office, the Obama administration banned harsh interrogations like waterboarding by Americans, but the Pakistanis have long been known to subject prisoners to brutal questioning.

"How can we subject prisoners to unnecessary solitary confinement, knowing its effects, and then expect them to return to our communities as whole people?" Obama wrote in his op-ed.

And he set a standard all Americans can understand: Military tribunals must not subject prisoners to anything that Americans would not accept if the trials were in another country and a United States citizen was in the dock.

"How can we subject prisoners to unnecessary solitary confinement, knowing its effects, and then expect them to return to our communities as whole people?" Obama wrote.

The memos authorized interrogators to slam a prisoner's head against a wall repeatedly; to deprive prisoners of sleep for 11 days at a time; and to subject prisoners to 'waterboarding,' a technique of controlled suffocation that was used extensively by the Spanish Inquisition and by the Khmer Rouge during the genocide in Cambodia.

*This item has been corrected to indicate that Joseph Amon did not call the research subjects "prisoners" and the facility they reside in a "prison," but rather that he considers them detainees in a detention center.

Thus, the current approach to prison policy itself is completely irrational, as it subjects prisoners to harsh conditions often times caused by overcrowding, and ultimately fails to rehabilitate prisoners and prevent recidivism.

Prosecutors have accused him of subjecting prisoners to beatings, denying them food and medical treatment, and exposing them to cold temperatures.

The vice-president, Dick Cheney, recently said that subjecting prisoners to "a dunk in water" - the notorious water-board technique - is a "no-brainer" if it could save lives.

We think we know the contours of that story: a few soldiers on the night shift violated established military rules and subjected prisoners to humiliating abuse and terror.

Ultimately, the participants played along a little too well and soon the two sides were at war with guards subjecting prisoners to sadistic psychological abuse.