The thing is: none of us are (effectively) locked up for life so it is hard for us to judge what his experience feels like. Also remember that people thought

The thing is: none of us are (effectively) locked up for life so it is hard for us to judge what his experience feels like. Also remember that people thought that what we call "white torture" today wasn't torture. Many people today, if you ask them, probably wouldn't think it is torture.