It’s not the isolation that really does it. It’s having absolutely nothing to put your mind towards. Nothing to read, write, everything is monotonous, and there’s no sound at all. Maybe an hour is a stretch though
That’s why when people say solitary confinement is torture, and should be abolished…well, it is. The inmates that go into solitary confinement have things to read, write, they can hear other inmates or even officers. It isn’t torture. And then you have to take into account where the solitary is taking place.
I know someone that works in a max federal prison and inmates want to go to the super max nearby because officers are basically their butlers. There was a TedTalk saying how fucked up this specific prison was but the inmates in an interview are gonna say it’s horrible so they get more privileges.
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Reply to comment by TheMilkmanCome in I tried Chinese Water Torture. It made me see things I can't unsee by BlairDaniels
It’s not the isolation that really does it. It’s having absolutely nothing to put your mind towards. Nothing to read, write, everything is monotonous, and there’s no sound at all. Maybe an hour is a stretch though
That’s why when people say solitary confinement is torture, and should be abolished…well, it is. The inmates that go into solitary confinement have things to read, write, they can hear other inmates or even officers. It isn’t torture. And then you have to take into account where the solitary is taking place.
I know someone that works in a max federal prison and inmates want to go to the super max nearby because officers are basically their butlers. There was a TedTalk saying how fucked up this specific prison was but the inmates in an interview are gonna say it’s horrible so they get more privileges.