Detention Centre in America beat Tihar Jail of India

America has always projected itself to be a country that stands for human rights. It has always been known to criticize Islamic Countries that fail to stand fir human rights, however, post 9/11 what appears is that USA has to clear its own back yard first.

Going through accounts of detainees at various detention centers in US, it seems that not all is well is USA when it comes to implementing its own stated code of humanitarian code of conduct.

Various immigrants facing deportation have vouched for inhuman living conditions and substandard medical care. Some have also petitioned the federal government to institute legally enforceable standards for the nation's 300 detention centers, where immigrants facing deportation suffer from substandard medical care and deprivations of due process.

The detention centers are shrouded in such secrecy that often it is impossible to get the official account of the same. However, almost all the detainees released have similar tale of torture of inhumane conditions to share. These inhumane conditions in the detention centre, especially when on an average more than 80% of the detainees are released for want of evidence, is really shameful.

In Basile, La., more than 100 have filed complaints detailing violations that range from humiliating to bizarre. Detainees said they received two days' worth of toilet paper to last a month; they live in rat- and spider-infested cells; they lack medicine for serious illnesses, such as leukemia. They also claim they're denied access to lawyers and subjected to midnight disciplinary "trials" run by the center's staff. Desperate for help from Washington, detainees recently began their fifth hunger strike.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement inspections have found satisfactory conditions at the center, and the private company that runs it disputes allegations of mistreatment. But Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, responding to the detainees' latest hunger strike and complaints from civil liberties groups, dispatched a top official to meet the strikers and has already begun a reform of the system. Those mixed signals only reinforce the sense that the detention centers are not governed by clear standards or subjected to thoughtful oversight.

None of us would have any sympathy for any terrorist. However, just think of the mindset of the person and his immediate family that has been subjected to such torture. This all has to stop. I know such brutalities are going on in various countries but in USA which has always professed to be the model country, this has to stop.