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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried Thrown into Solitary over Tucker Carlso... by kelnos on Saturday March 08, 2025 @07:45PM (#43305030)
Nah, solitary is nearly always punitive. Other justifications don't really hold water.

Solitary confinement is torture, plain and simple. I'm not a fan of SBF, but no one should have to endure it, even just for 24 hours.

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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried Thrown into Solitary over Tucker Carlso... by borski on Saturday March 08, 2025 @08:05PM (#43305169)
“Solitary confinement may only be imposed in exceptional circumstances, and "prolonged" solitary confinement of more than 15 consecutive days is regarded as a form of torture.”

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2020/02/united-state...

I cannot find a single reputable source that states solitary confinement for a total of 24 hours is torture.

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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried Thrown into Solitary over Tucker Carlso... by ty6853 on Saturday March 08, 2025 @08:57PM (#43305447)
I'd argue jail itself is a form of torture. It's quite barbaric and shocking we do it for anything beyond violent crime.
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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried Thrown into Solitary over Tucker Carlso... by chneu on Saturday March 08, 2025 @09:03PM (#43305482)
"5 seconds of water bordering isn't torture, but 30 seconds is."

"5 seconds of 110v shocks isn't torture, but 30 seconds is."

Solitary is absolutely torture no matter the duration. The duration threshold for "torture" is relative in this case so someone could consider it "torture" after just a few minutes.

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