Letters: ‘Our town should stand on the right side of history’ – Merrimack State Reps speak in opposition to ‘human warehouses’
read more…: Letters: ‘Our town should stand on the right side of history’ – Merrimack State Reps speak in opposition to ‘human warehouses’Building a detention facility in Merrimack would make our town complicit in cruelty and human rights abuses. These facilities operate by warehousing human beings, often for months or years, under harsh conditions that dehumanize and traumatize adults and children alike. Detention has been shown to cause lasting psychological harm, particularly to asylum seekers and survivors of violence. No community that values dignity, fairness, and the rule of law should accept this.