Some people have been in solitary confinement for almost 40 years: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98397302 http://www.npr.org/templates/s

Some people have been in solitary confinement for almost 40 years: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98397302 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9839730... http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/books/review/Letters-t-PRISONERSOFA_LETTERS.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/books/review/Letters-t-PRI... (nb this is not meant as a comparison - Bradley Manning's treatment is most definitely inhumane)