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inhumane

[in-hyoo-mayn, -yoo-] / ˌɪn hjuˈmeɪn, -ju- /


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Humanitarian groups have harshly criticized the transfers, saying they put migrants at risk of incarceration and inhumane treatment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

“That was so outrageous and inhumane and a gut punch to the families,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

The Royal College of Nursing said action was needed, describing the conditions care was being delivered in as "inhumane".

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

On May 22, detainees at Delaney Hall launched a hunger and labor strike at the facility, capturing national attention to what they described as inhumane conditions in the facility.

From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026

In the late nineteenth century, alarmed by the inhumane treatment of incarcerated people suffering from mental illness, Dorothea Dix and Reverend Louis Dwight led a successful campaign to get the mentally ill out of prison.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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