Prisoner crates

After reading about the existence of "Wooden Imprisonment Crates" used by the US military in facilities in and around Baghdad in Vanity Fair's February 2005 issue, Russ Rick at the memory hole filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the US Central Command .
U.S.Central Command replied after more than 9 months, sending 3 black and white paper printouts of photos of the wooden cells.
The wooden crates are supposedly used to hold individual prisoners.
link: http://www.thememoryhole.org/2008/07/prisoner-boxes-in-iraq/



screenshot of images obtained and published by Russ Rick 23.7.2008

Bryan Finoki at subtopia comments on the use of confined space as an instrument of torture in this article.

Other articles of special interest at subtopia:


Carceral Wombs, links to a photo essay (image source) by journalist Charles Bowden and Penny De Los Santos on incarcerated women and their children at Laredo Penitentiary.


Torture Space: Architecture in Black
image: Architecure of detention, article at salon.



Shipping Justice
image: The Guantanamo Cell Tour on Flickr. Scaled replica of a maximum security prison cell at Guantanamo Bay 10x6x8 ft scaled replica of maximum security prison cell at Guantanamo Bay, part of Amnesty International’s Counter Terror with Justice campaign.