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Oregon Prison Limits Solitary to 90 Days. This BLM Protester Has Been in the Hole for 250. (theintercept.com)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Sure, but I think it's also where you're alone. I've been alone for weeks a few times. I enjoyed it... But I had my freedom. It is horrifyingly long when you have zero choice.

[–] RamblingPanda 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I mean alone like in alone with yourself. No Internet, no TV, no nothing. A bed and maybe a bible, no clue what they give them. That shit breaks you.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Solitary confinement should be illegal flat out. It is extremely damaging, and directly opposed to any kind of supposed rehabilitation convicts are ostensibly receiving