Thom Hartmann: How can anyone deserve 28 yrs in solitary confinement?

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Actor/Activist Mike Farrell, Human Rights Watch, joins Thom Hartmann. California's prison hunger strike just entered a deadly new phase - but inmates are standing strong - demanding that the state stop using indefinite solitary confinement to punish prisoners.

The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann on RT TV & FSTV "live" 9pm and 11pm check www.thomhartmann.com/tv for local listings

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1. The guy in Supermax who

has killed two fellow prisoners and a guard. I don't have an issue with lifetime solitary for him. If we get rid of the death penalty we must be willing to ramp up to some punishment for murdering someone when you are already serving a life sentence. In addition you have to consider the safety of the guards and the other prisoners.

The weird thing, so long as I had access to books, I would prefer solitary to general confinement if I was in prison.

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2. Obviously these prisoners don't feel that way.

If it feels like torture to them, it's torture.