Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Senate Tackles Issue of Solitary Confinement

Damon Thibodeaux spent 23 hours a day for 15 years in solitary confinement. On Tuesday he shared the stark details of his incarceration in front of a Senate subcommittee. “Life in solitary is made all the worse because it’s a hopeless existence,” said Thibodeaux, who was exonerated of rape and murder in 2012. “It is torture pure and simple.” His cell in a Louisiana jail was 8-by-10 feet with ...

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