30 Years. One room. Solitary Confinement.

April 10 marked a milestone for Texas’ sprawling prison system. That was the day a prisoner incarcerated in a Department of Criminal Justice facility reached 30 consecutive years in administrative segregation, more commonly known as solitary confinement.

Three consecutive decades — 10,957 days — may seem an extraordinarily long time to spend locked in a small room for a minimum of 22 hours each day. (For reference, in 1985 Ronald Reagan was president and “Back to the Future” was the breakout movie.) But in Texas, it’s fast becoming less remarkable.


Source: [link to www.mystatesman.com]