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The schoolhouse is a dull, matted red, as are other architectural elements.

“A burger puts out the welcome mat,” he said.

A judge there ordered the government in August to provide each person detained at the facility with 50 square feet of space, hygiene products and a clean mat to sleep on, among other conditions.

"I've never seen everyone sitting properly," he added, describing children on mats or carpets.

The men sit on rugs beneath the wide boughs of a tree, while two women sit on mats in the shade of a nearby veranda, as goats and chickens roam the compound.