On: How extreme isolation warps the mind

[tshaddox]

Is that really that difficult? The alternative is, of course, not having him in solitary confinement for 27 years. It's not that difficult to allow some level of social interaction while still preventing violence.

[moe → tshaddox]

It's not that difficult to allow some level of social interaction while still preventing violence.

I think the question is why society should bother to spend further resources on enabling this for him?

And probably far from an insignificant amount of resources in the context of the correctional system...

[rurounijones → moe]

> I think the question is why society should bother to spend further resources on enabling this for him?

Something regarding that variable quote about how you can judge a society on the basis of how it treats its X (criminals in this case)

[tshaddox → moe]

Why do you think solitary confinement would cost less?

[moe → tshaddox]

Because it's obvious?

Anything to enable social interaction for him would have to happen on top of solitary confinement (or equivalent security) after all...

[tshaddox → moe]

On the contrary, it's obvious to me that solitary confinement is significantly more expensive per inmate than non-solitary high security imprisonment.

[moe → tshaddox]

So how do you prevent the inmates from killing each other without separating them physically?

[tshaddox → moe]

You can separate them physically without putting them in solitary confinement.