> The US government is quick to say that most prisoners at Guantanamo are not technically in solitary confinement because they can yell at each other through th

> The US government is quick to say that most prisoners at Guantanamo are not technically in solitary confinement because they can yell at each other through the gaps underneath their cell doors; they can talk to one another during recreation time; and they are allowed periodic ICRC and lawyer visits. The reality, nonetheless, is that these men live in extreme social isolation, cut off from family and friends, and even, to a large extent, from each other. They spend most of their days alone in totally enclosed cells ... [1] So, I guess, technically, the students are not in solitary either. [1]: https://www.hrw.org/report/2008/06/09/locked-alone/detention-conditions-and-mental-health-guantanamo https://www.hrw.org/report/2008/06/09/locked-alone/detention...