Here, there are no windows.
March 19, 2014 5:02 PM Subscribe
Solitary in Iran Nearly Broke Me. Then I Went Inside America’s Prisons.
"We throw thousands of men in the hole for the books they read, the company they keep, the beliefs they hold. Here’s why."
"We throw thousands of men in the hole for the books they read, the company they keep, the beliefs they hold. Here’s why."
When, after five weeks, my knees buckled and I fell to the ground utterly broken, sobbing and rocking to the beat of my heart, it was the patch of sunlight that brought me back.
This post was deleted for the following reason: Double. -- jessamyn
A Sliver of Light: Freed U.S. Hikers on Captivity in Iran & Activism Against Solitary Confinement
posted by homunculus at 5:09 PM on March 19, 2014
posted by homunculus at 5:09 PM on March 19, 2014
Yeah. The widespread condemnation of inmates to solitary confinement is (let us hope) going to be one of those things we look back on in the future as an unimaginable and unconscionable act of barbarity, in the same way that we look back on slavery in the C19th.
posted by yoink at 5:10 PM on March 19, 2014
posted by yoink at 5:10 PM on March 19, 2014
« Older Christopher Walken Dance Now | The Cute is strong in this one. Newer »
This thread has been archived and is closed to new comments
posted by azarbayejani at 5:07 PM on March 19, 2014