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If they are not in solitary confinement, they are being confined with other people. Would you want to be the confined with someone who has a history of being v
by mason240 11y ago
If they are not in solitary confinement, they are being confined with other people.
Would you want to be the confined with someone who has a history of being violent with his cell mates?
- GordonS 11y agoThe only 2 choices shouldn't be solitary confinement or being beaten/raped/murdered by fellow inmates. I would have thought that surely most inmates would just want to get their head down and serve out their sentence?
- mason240 11y agoAnd that's why most inmates are not in solitary confinement. You are not understanding my comment. If the violent inmates are not solitary, they are in a cell with YOU. Do you want them in a cell with you, or in solitary?
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- knodi123 11y agoExtreme false dichotomy. Most people in prison are not violent psychopaths eager to murder anyone they can get their fingers on.
- mason240 11y agoMost people in prison are not in solitary confinement.
- knodi123 11y agoYeah, and most people in prison are not jewish, either. Neither fact is relevant. The person I replied to suggested that people might prefer solitary confinement to the alternative of being housed with someone who will physically brutalize them.
- mason240 11y agoI am the person you replied to and I implied no such thing. Some reading comprehension is in order.
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- sixothree 11y agoThere do exist other alternatives.
- Perdition 11y agoSolitary doesn't just mean single occupancy cells, it means separation from most human contact. They could easily have groups of cells where inmates are confined individually but can still have non-physical contact with other prisoners. And as most of those in solitary aren't raving psychotics (mostly they attacked guards or rival gang members, an issue largely due to prison overcrowding) they could be allowed monitored time in the yard with other prisoners.
- jonknee 11y agoConsidering the inmates in solitary are the ones suing because it is cruel I think that answer is quite apparent. Yes, people would rather be with people even if those people aren't perfect.
- fizgig 11y agoNot necessarily. If I was in prison and could make a case for anything you can bet I'd be the biggest pain in the ass (wrt legal wrangling) I possibly could. I mean, my life is pretty much trashed already, right? No harm in seeing if you can get a reduced time or even a settlement out of it. That said, I can only imagine that enforced solitude would be pretty awful in its own right.
- jonknee 11y agoSolitary wouldn't be used as a punishment if people preferred it. It's nearly universally feared.
- mason240 11y agoI'm not talking about the well being of people in solitary. I am talking about the well being of OTHER inmates. >Yes, people would rather be with people even if those people aren't perfect. So, yes or no, you would want to be in a cell with a "not perfect" person who has killed has last two cellmates?
- zachwooddoughty 11y agoFrom the article: >The offenses that landed them in solitary? Most often, it was evidence that they were "affiliated" with a prison gang, whether or not they had broken any rules. Solitary isn't being used as a last resort for people who have killed previous cellmates -- it's being used for all sorts of things. I think solitary makes sense for people who are already unable to coexist with other inmates, but that doesn't seem to be the main use at the moment.