Mass detention is not a sign of a healthy society

Nathaniel Hunter writes in U.S. Catholic that the United States is rapidly building a large carceral network to hold people who are often detained without sufficient attention to asylum claims or due process.

The network includes detention facilities such as Alligator Alcatraz, Speedway Slammer, Cornhusker Clink, and Louisiana Lockup. Hunter questions whether these facilities function similarly to internment camps and argues that mass detention does not indicate a healthy society.