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by atonparker 3879 days ago
> I'd pick the enriched solitary confinement over having to socialise with the general prison population any day, wouldn't you?

Do have experience with either? I believe the "enriched" solitary confinement you're proposing would be more maddening than you think. I agree that the US has a problem with criminals creating new networks inside of prisons, but stripping away all real interaction is throwing the baby out with the bath water. Functioning members of society need to know how to interact with each other. If you believe that prisons should rehabilitate, you should agree that they need to encourage safe, respectful, and real interaction with strangers.
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benten10 3879 days ago
I vote if he commits any crime, he be sent to solitary confinement till he's on the edge of insanity.

Solitary confinement is one of the most terrible things that can be done to a human being, and is very comparable to being 'sucked' by Dementors (from Harry Potter. The creatures that suck your soul away and leave and soulless zombie, that while not dead, is not entirely alive).

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Sanddancer 3879 days ago
At which point they'll be disabled and not be capable of making it outside of an institutional environment. As such, they will be costing society much more money for a much, much longer time. What you're talking about is torture, ripping someone's mind apart for your sick, demented sense of justice.
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gherkin0 3879 days ago
> I vote if he commits any crime, he be sent to solitary confinement till he's on the edge of insanity.

Would you be willing to be a test case? If you live in the US, you've probably committed several felonies already[1].

[1] http://www.threefeloniesaday.com/Youtoo/tabid/86/Default.asp...

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