This is what evil, illiberal regimes do.
The use of prisoners for propaganda purposes is as old as war itself. The Viet Cong & North Vietnamese alternated their approach. Sometimes they used American POWs as props to suggest that all was well in their camps & that prisoners were being treated properly. (They were not.)
The goal:to use prisoners’ bodies as weapons of political war & to do so against their will
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Kristi Noem's most ardent desire is to be cast in the remake of Cool Hand Luke, as the woman washing the sudsy car. She has her prisoners all lined up to watch. Now where's the hose? And who will take Paul Newman's role? Whiskey Pete or JD Vance?