Inside a Venezuelan political prison: False identities and kangaroo courts
One American describes false identities, sham court proceedings, and the small changes that actually signaled an impending release.
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Not long after I spent 11 days in a bare-bones clinic attached to the prison, where staff struggled to provide even ibuprofen, inmates across from my cell told me the loose sheet outside my door carried a new name: Jhon Piamond.
I could see the same kind of sheets outside other cells, but the angle prevented me from seeing my own.
The name sounded invented: Jhon was a Venezuelan spelling of John, and Piamond was simply Diamond with its first letter changed.
During bed checks, guards called for Jhon Piamond and waited for me to respond.
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