Do you consider solitary confident or semi solitary confinement inhumane?

[MiddleRoad]

I mean either truly solitary confinement, or like those sentences akin to John Gotti’s where the prisoner is in their prison cell for 23 hours a day?

I have nothing against life imprisonment for the truly guilty of serious crimes such as murder, rape, child molestation, but even in these cases I feel solitary or semi solitary confinement goes way too far. We’re supposed to coldly inprison the guilty, not torture them while they’re in there.

[Make America Grumpy Again]

Absolutely. Looking at crime statistics, it is apparent that our criminal justice system is broken and that stricter punishments don't deter crime. Rehabilitation, increased treatment for mental health conditions, and a poverty reduction should be the priority.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Not inherently.
It depends on case by case.

[Sol]

Not inherently.
It depends on case by case.

Literally how?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Not inherently.
It depends on case by case.

Literally how?

There are cases in which it is justified, and cases where it is not. Individual cases may vary. A blanket ban is unjustified. There are even some cases where solitary or semi-solitary confinement might even be necessary as a safety measure for other inmates.
Discretion to allow for the variation that life inevitably brings has to be allowed.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Isn't sometimes semi-solitary for safety the prisoner &/or the other inmates, if they don't get along with them?

[PSOL]

It is overused in our justice system and should only be used in rare circumstances.

[RINO Tom]

Definitely, in the abstract.

[Goldwater]

My hot take: Solitary confinement and lifetime imprisonment are both far more inhumane than the death penalty.