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The intake began with slaps. One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, “I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.” I believed him. He to whimper, and was slapped. He asked for his mother and cried as he was slapped again.

Men were pulled from the buses so fast the guards couldn’t keep up. Chained at their ankles and wrists, they stumbled, fell. With each fall came a kick, a slap, a shove.

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