"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
When Solitude is Torture
Submitted by Bradley Keyes on Fri, 2013-02-22 00:00
Noting that half of all prison suicides are committed by prisoners held in isolation, Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) has prompted an independent assessment of solitary confinement in federal prisons. State prisons are equally vulnerable to Eighth Amendment challenges concerning whether inmates are subjected to “substantial risk of serious harm.”
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Quitcher whinin', George. Be thankful for the root strikers who got their start down the road to freedom and anarchy by virtue of the white man's "hole".
I know George Will has no decent regard for root strikers (let alone anarchy), but thought I'd put that in anyhow.
Sam