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Other countries, i.e., in the EU, have high security prisons, and those high security prisons also use solitary confinement for high risk prisoners as needed. T
by gamblor956 6y ago
Other countries, i.e., in the EU, have high security prisons, and those high security prisons also use solitary confinement for high risk prisoners as needed. The federal supermax simply has more because we have a bigger population; on a per capita basis the imposition of solitary confinement is about equal.
- tyingq 6y agoThe key part is an initial, mandatory stint of 3 years in solitary. I'm skeptical that an EU country would do that.
- gamblor956 6y agoIt's not an "initial, mandatory stint" of 3 years. Most Supermax prisoners are housed for less than 3 years (in the Supermax facility), and in order to be subject to solitary on arrival you must be a high-risk prisoner (cartel or history of violence while incarcerated). It is the exceptional case that a prisoner remains in Supermax, much less Supermax solitary, for more than a year. And quite honestly, all of those exceptional cases are there for a reason and have earned the punishment.
- tyingq 6y agoGo back up to my original post on ADX Florence. "After three years in maximum confinement, some prisoners may be transferred to a less restrictive prison." And note that several espionage sentenced prisoners are there. None of them did anything violent.