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> I wish so much that normal US citizens would tour a prison and see what this does to people, because maybe then this would be outlawed. it didn't even occur
by sigstoat 9y ago
> I wish so much that normal US citizens would tour a prison and see what this does to people, because maybe then this would be outlawed.
it didn't even occur to me that you could tour a prison and see much of anything. how would you expect the effects of solitary confinement to be visible during a tour?
- con_to_dev 9y agoShort term stays are not so bad, the person is stressed, but not showing signs of any real disturbance. The longer term stays are where you see the worst. You will generally notice that the person is just off in some way. They may stare into space rather than at you when you talk to them, pace around and mumble, have twitches or obsessive tics, etc. You will immediately notice who has been there awhile. Some simply have a psychotic break and this is quite obvious as well. I'll also say that I was speaking rhetorically, you generally can't visit a prison and certainly not the hole. This should be allowed though, people need to see what this does to people.