'El Chapo' Guzmán is not getting enough sleep, his attorney says

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Source: Associated Press

MEXICO CITY - Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, the world's most notorious drug lord, has been having trouble sleeping.

The lights in his prison cell are on around the clock. The surveillance video and prison staff watch him 24/7. If a dozing Guzmán even inadvertently covers his face or crosses his arms, prison guards rouse him, according to his lead defense attorney, José Refugio Rodríguez.

"The conditions that he's being held in are very drastic. He's a victim of cruel and inhumane treatment well below the minimum standards established by the United Nations," Rodríguez said in an interview. "This is practically torture."

Guzmán has escaped federal prison twice during his infamous drug-running career and is now awaiting extradition to the United States. As Mexico's most important prisoner, authorities want to impose the tightest possible surveillance lest they risk another humiliating jailbreak. Guzmán's legal team has seized on these allegedly poor conditions to try to win a bit more freedom for their client as the case drags on.

Read more: http://www.cortezjournal.com/article/20160709/AP/307099892/'El-Chapo'-Guzm%C3%A1n-is-not-getting-enough-sleep-his-attorney-says

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Murderous fuckwad is getting laid more in prison than I am as a free man.

[niyad]

1. maybe his conscience is starting to bother him. . .

[bdwker]

2. No problem...give him a sleep/eye mask.

He's really not going to like Supermax.

[7962]

3. So why dont they help him get some sleep? A LOT of it? Eternally.

no more worries

[truthisfreedom]

4. If they tie his arms down, he won't have that problem.

[Beacool]

5. Meh, color me not concerned.

The families of his victims probably can't sleep that well either.

[dhill926]

6. fuck 'im...

[awoke_in_2003]

7. If they are so worried about him being in the dark...

why don't they install infrared cameras in his cell? They are ridiculously cheap.

[christx30]

8. That sucks.

Maybe if he hadn't of escaped, there would be a certain level of trust there, and they wouldn't be putting so many restrictions on him.
I'm sure things will be better once he gets to the supermax and they throw him into a hole somewhere and forget about him. It'll be plenty dark and he'll get all the sleep he needs. Until he goes mad.

[ohnoyoudidnt]

9. Oh. They're just making sure he doesn't escape

I thought maybe he was thinking about the people he had skinned alive.