Re:I spent 29 years in solitary confinement (2010)
by ars on Friday June 16, 2017 @01:07PM
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That's not entirely true. If the cell was large people would attempt to get into them on purpose to get a private room.
The cell has to be small enough that no one would prefer it over general.
Additionally if the cell was larger then the number of neighbors each prisoner could interact with is reduced. But the goal is to give them the opportunity to interact with as many people as possible.
Re:I spent 29 years in solitary confinement (2010)
by dvtv75 on Saturday June 17, 2017 @12:04AM
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> If the cell was large people would attempt to get into them on purpose to get a private room.
I think that's a societal problem, not a prison design problem.
> The cell has to be small enough that no one would prefer it over general.
Why? Wouldn't it be sufficient discouragement just with the removal of your basic rights to go where you like and do what you want?
Actually there's no need for the cells to be tiny -- even if they are meant for just one person.