Learning about that El Salvador jail USA is sending people to and confused - is it viewed as too merciful just to kill these people? Not to mention executions would be the cost effective choice  

Imagine having to eat rice and beans with your hands for decades. At that point just put me down like a dog 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_Confinement_Center

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They’re not technically guilty of crimes. This is the extrajudicial equivalent of sweeping them under the rug. People ask fewer questions. 

I keep trying to remind people of this but the US has been doing almost exactly this for 23 years at Guantanamo. While the speed and scope of the people being sent has increased, the actually tally has not been exceeded. 

Best count I’ve seen so far:

238 sent to El Salvador
780 sent to Guantanamo

There are also tricks used to hold those not found guilty in US private prisons for indefinite periods of time.

So the answer is yes it would be cheaper but it would be both unconstitutional in a clear and legally threatening sense, and would like foment revolution in a way that the out of sight out of mind approach doesn’t seem to.

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True, the strategy has shifted from covert enforcement to public displays of abuse to instil fear.

GITMO truly does seem out of sight out of mind. While CETCOT a lot more straightforward about what goes on in there