[He sighs, more than a little rueful,]

He sounds a lot like certain people back home...

You're probably right that the stuff you're thinking of would be a punishment [punishment and consequences aren't the same thing, and it's not like he hasn't been locked up in places where you could say that... comforts were denied.].

I don't think I'd like to be in a place where the people... with more power [if not exactly 'in charge'] would do that. But that doesn't fix anything for the people who were hurt.