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"But if it came down to lots of time alone or lots of time with forced contact, which would you pick?"

As terrible as prison is, almost no one actually prefers solitary confinement (introverts included). It's easy to say that you can handle solitary confinement until you end up spending practically 24 hours a day alone (23 of which are in one tiny room) for even a month or so.




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