NYTimes (Miriam Jordan) reports that Homestead Detention Center rules prohibit children from writing in a journal. How dare they! What could possibly justify such a prohibition? (We know what motivates it.)

Because they don't want a record of their crimes. Because they want to strip even innocent children of something that would give them an outlet for their feelings. Because the officials who arrive at these policies are themselves cruel. And because cruelty is the point. (Mt 25) https://t.co/sCi8QUqbqE

— James Martin, SJ (@JamesMartinSJ) June 27, 2019