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I'm totally with you in spirit. Solitary should not be used for long-term punishment for offenses in prison, or as punishment for what happened on the outside.
by slapshot 11y ago
I'm totally with you in spirit. Solitary should not be used for long-term punishment for offenses in prison, or as punishment for what happened on the outside.
But what do you do about an inmate who terrorizes his cellmates, his peers on the yard, his peers in the cafeteria, etc. You've tried solitary for a day, for a week, etc.
If you leave this inmate in with general, he's taking away their rights to learn and rehabilitate. If you put him in with a bunkmate... well, that seems like punishment to the bunkmate. You end up creating a new ad-seg unit that looks just like the old one, but with a new name.
I'm not meaning to say that solitary is used correctly in the US right now. Not at all. But it may be an inevitable result for a very small group of prisoners who would otherwise take away the others' right to rehabilitate.
(Edit: replaced stray ? with .)
- mod 11y agoGive him a solitary bunk but without the lack of sensory input. Leave a TV and view to the outside and all of the things a normal cell has.
- thaumasiotes 11y agoSo, these people get better treatment than the better-behaved prisoners? You don't foresee any incentive-related problems?
- waterfowl 11y agoADX(fed supermax in colorado) prisoners have TVs, I don't think people are trying to get sent there for the TV.
- jdc 11y agoPlease show me the evidence for confinement incentivising good behavior.
- jsharpe 11y agoWhy not let people opt into it? For a lot of people, even if there are some benefits, they aren't going to make up for the lack of social contact.