Kasper Eriksen spoke to the Mississippi Free Press from the LaSalle Detention Center on the morning of May 20, confirming first that he was safe and not experiencing any of the abuse reported in some ICE facilities elsewhere in Louisiana. In his experience, the GEO Group-run detention center’s food is palatable…

…Even so, Kasper has already lost about 25 pounds during his detention.

25 pounds in a month! That is the 100% voice of a man speaking under duress, lying his ass off in hopes that ingratiating himself to his captors might cause them to show mercy.