August 1, 2012, 1:16am – This is an INFRARED VIDEO IMAGE of our friend “Bind” while he is sleeping in an underground cement cell. He has been in the cell since 4pm yesterday (July 31). He will be in the cell for a full 24 hours. He is chained to bolts which are anchored in the cement walls. He is wearing a steel collar and wrist and ankle shackles, all of which are connected by short chains to the anchoring points. He has enough slack in the chains to be able to sit up, drink water, and piss in a cup. If he needs to take a dump he will have to do it on a paper towel and then dispose of it in a covered bucket he has with him. There is no light in the cell, so he is in total darkness regardless of the time of day. An infrared video camera and microphone allow us to monitor him from the comfort of our office here at the Institute. The box in the foreground is an audio mixer for boosting the high-quality microphone signal which is then fed to a pair of desktop computer speakers. We are able to hear every nuance of Bind’s activity in the cell, including his snoring. The TV image you see in the photo shows Bind while lying down sleeping. The quality of the image is not very sharp because the cell is being lit by infrared LED’s which are built into the camera. From Bind’s perspective he is in total darkness because his eyes are not capable of seeing with the infrared light – so we can see him but he can’t see anything in the cell – he can’t even see his hand in front of his face. You can see some of the chains anchored to the wall in the background. I will try and post a better picture later on when he is sitting upright so you can his body a little better.

 We will release him from the cell around 4pm today (August 1).