Reply #17: Safety from cruel and unusual punishment is a constitutional right

[Nuclear Unicorn]

See, no international treaty needed.

Just because someone has been incarcerated in a corporate prison doesn't mean they lose their constitutional rights and I've not seen anything to suggest they have. There may be incidences of rights being violated (ditto, publically-run institutions) but those are actionable and the victims are entitled to relief and the absence of international treaty won't make a whit of difference.

In fact, it's easier to sue corporations than it is to sue the government because government enjoys "sovereign immunity." If a CEO ordered his guards to starve prisoners to save money he can be held criminally liable and the corporation can be sued. If congress passed a law restricting prisoners to one meal a day the law can be overturned and civil awards paid but not one congressperson voting for that law would be subject to civil or crimial penalty.