[Surprise, Lance. Apparently property damage done during the defense of the universe against evil oppressive empires counted as something akin to terrorism and treason, so they were all criminals. Plus, there was the whole... sort of kidnapping Shiro from the Garrison quarantine, even if it was more like rescuing.]
Yeah. I thought the same thing.
[Though, better here than some Galra prison, definitely.]
The whole idea is that we were never going to get the chance for appeal, parole, or release, so they were going to make us as comfortable as possible.