College Student Left In Windowless DEA Cell For Four Days Reaches $4 Million Settlement With US Gov.

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http://www.businessinsider.com/san-diego-student-reaches-4-million-settlement-2013-7



SAN DIEGO (AP) — A 25-year old college student has reached a $4.1 million settlement with the federal government after he was abandoned in a windowless Drug Enforcement Administration cell for more than four days without food or water, his attorneys said Tuesday.

The DEA introduced national detention standards as a result of the ordeal involving Daniel Chong, including daily inspections and a requirement for cameras in cells, said Julia Yoo, one of his lawyers.

Chong said he drank his own urine to stay alive, hallucinated that agents were trying to poison him with gases through the vents, and tried to carve a farewell message to his mother in his arm.

It remained unclear how the situation occurred, and no one has been disciplined, said Eugene Iredale, another attorney for Chong. The Justice Department's inspector general is investigating.



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[Logical]

1. "No has been disciplined" is an outrage! n-t

[HiPointDem]

2. bet he's not the only person this has happened to. maybe the only college student with money

to go after them though.

[chimpymustgo]

4. Exactly. I had just read about this outrage and was about to post it. K&R!

[MelungeonWoman]

6. +1

[DirkGently]

3. Nice that we have windowless, thick-doored

"Interrogation cells," into which college students are placed for smoking pot, in the first place, eh?

[HiPointDem]

5. yes, sensory deprivation is very effective in that regard. i think it's actually considered torture

[malaise]

7. This is torture

plain and simple