&gt;<i>I&#x27;m so confused about this discussion.</i><p>Frontline has a great documentary about solitary confinement:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pbs.org&#x2F;wgbh&#x2F;pages&#x2F;frontline&#x2F;locked-up-in-america&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.pbs.org&#x2F;wgbh&#x2F;pages&#x2F;frontline&#x2F;locked-up-in-america...</a><p>Without giving too much away: watch as the criminals they feature walk into solitary confinement with sentences of weeks or months with the attitude of, &quot;This is <i>nothing</i>.  I&#x27;d <i>prefer</i> it here&quot;.  Witness what it does to them.