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For what it's worth, there doesn't seem to be anything particularly unusual about the conditions he describes, it's just another day (month, year, decade, life
by rippercushions 4y ago
For what it's worth, there doesn't seem to be anything particularly unusual about the conditions he describes, it's just another day (month, year, decade, life sentence) for any prisoner at a supermax prison like ADX Florence:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADX_Florence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADX_Florence
Of course, the facts that this is considered normal in the US and that anybody is in there for non-violent offenses are outrageous, but here as ever the US penal system is the wild outlier of the Western world.
- Thorrez 4y agoAre "speakers blasting 24/7" normal?
- pantalaimon 4y agoIt’s pretty wild that you can get multiple life sentences for espionage or planned (but not committed) crimes.
- buran77 4y agoHigh security or generally poor conditions are one thing, and maybe expected in prison. But if the description provided is accurate that's torture, which is illegal even in the US. The "get out of jail free" card is that the authorities then twist the definition in a manner where the same thing is only torture when any other country is doing it. The Stasi would be extra proud of the US.
- shanebellone 4y ago"American Exceptionalism"
- shanebellone 4y agoWe don't excel in many categories, but we've got sick, obese, and jailed on lock.