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我在单独监禁中度过29年
I spent 29 years in solitary confinement (2010)
2017 — 2021，它一次次回到首页
黑点是上首页（≥ 50 分）的那次投稿，空心点是没冲上去的投稿，点越大分数越高。
导读
《卫报》2010 年的报道：罗伯特·金（Robert King）讲述自己在路易斯安那州安哥拉监狱单独监禁 29 年的经历，他是“安哥拉三人组”中第一位获释的成员。文章记录了长期隔离对人的身心摧残，以及他最终通过上诉重获自由的过程。
为什么经久不衰：它以亲历者视角揭示了长期单独监禁的真实代价，多年后重登首页，说明美国监狱制度问题至今仍是公众关注的痛点。
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用美国与挪威再犯率数据论证美国监狱制度以惩罚为中心是失败的
我觉得美国监狱系统在各方面都令人恐惧。受害者看到加害者被关起来固然解气，但他们终会出狱，我希望那时他们能重新融入社会。美国州立监狱 76% 的再犯率说明这套系统客观上是失败的，而被讥讽为“豪华监狱”的挪威再犯率只有 20%。加上私人监狱合同里的强制入住率条款，是时候用数据驱动的方式自上而下重审整个系统，少一点惩罚，多一点防止再犯。
arcticbull查看英文原文
Honestly, I find the US prison system absolutely horrifying in all respects. As satisfying as it may be for victims to feel the person that did something to them is 'gone' they will eventually be let out, and when they do I want them to be ready to integrate with society. Recidivism rates in the US show it is objectively not working, with state prisons leaving inmates to re-offend 76% of the time. [1] In Norway, much derided for their lavish prisons, it's 20%. [2] Throwing people away and treating them like animals is an abject failure, compounded by the mandatory fill rates in private prison contracts. [3] It's time to revisit the whole system, top down, and make it less about punishment and more about making sure it doesn't happen again. And it should be done with data. [1] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christopher-zoukis/report-documents-us-recid_b_9542312.html [2] http://www.businessinsider.com/why-norways-prison-system-is-so-successful-2014-12 [3] https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2015/jul/31/report-finds-two-thirds-private-prison-contracts-include-lockup-quotas/
亲历者描述单独监禁的持久心理创伤，并指出犯罪记录导致就业歧视是再犯率高的主因
我在一次较长刑期中单独监禁了 45 天，那是地狱。它以极其微妙的方式改变了你的行为——我现在习惯自言自语，朋友觉得好笑；我过着相当孤立的生活，反而觉得更自在。放风时间是在一个 6 英尺长、3 英尺宽、6 英尺高的铁丝狗笼里。“法律图书馆”只是一间空屋里一台装着 LexisNexis 的电脑。我用卫生纸做了骰子，玩了太多 Yahtzee。有犯罪记录后找工作极其困难，这正是再犯率高的最大原因，“禁止询问犯罪记录”的推动还没普及到所有州。
thrownawaybylaw查看英文原文
I did 45 days in solitary within the context of a longer bid. It was hell. Given the effects it has had on my mind and life, I cannot imagine what 29 years will do. It changes the way you behave so subtly, it's even interesting to me now. My friends think it's hilarious how casually I talk to myself. I live a pretty isolated life; I feel more comfortable that way. Where I was, there was no outside fenced area for the hour mandated rec time. It was a 6'Lx3'Wx6'H fenced dog cage. At least there was a large open window to the outside to look at from the other side of the room. You're also mandated an occasional hour at the "Law Library", which was really just a single computer with LexisNexis and Microsoft Office in an otherwise empty 4'x6' room. That VB class I had taken really came in handy. I learned to make some reasonable dice out of toilet paper. Too. Much. Yahtzee. In the case of the man in the article, his case was overturned. Hopefully, he won't have a criminal record. Getting a job today with a criminal record is incredibly difficult. That's the biggest reason why recidivism is high [x]. It's great that there's a push to "ban the box" (that is, to not ask about criminal history in job applications), but it hasn't made it to all the states. Furthermore, many companies blanketly don't hire felons[x] regardless of the context of the crimes and/or rehabilitation of the individual. Background checks aren't a fair process in their review. Good-bye any real life. [x] I'm sure somebody is going to argue that the bigger deal is a lack of quality mental health or addiction services provided to inmates and the dearth of such programs prior to conviction, and they'd be right too.
批评私有化监狱牟利动机与司法系统中的种族不平等
监狱系统是一个疯狂的、私有化的酷刑系统，把穷人关起来为监狱相关合同生意牟利。Rikers 监狱就是明显有缺陷的例子：犯人未经审判被关押多年，有人绝望后自杀。我最近作为白人男性经历过司法系统，可以花钱请律师脱身；难以想象一个黑人遭遇同样的事会怎样。
meesles查看英文原文
The prison system is a crazy, privatized torture system designed to keep the poor incarcerated to increase profits for all the contract work related to running the prison system. Rikers is a great example of a clearly flawed jail system, with inmates getting stuck for years without trial and sometimes killing themselves after losing hope. Having recently gone through the judicial system as a white male, I can't image being a black man going through the same thing. I was able to buy my freedom, buy excuses, buy a lawyer to get me out of everything. When an oppressed people who already starts out behind falls into the same trap, there's little left for them to do. Interesting read: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/05/nyregion/rikers-island-prison-new-york.html
补充“安哥拉三人组”另外两人的后续结局
补充一点：Herman Wallace 因晚期肝癌于 2013 年 10 月 1 日获释，州政府 10 月 3 日再次起诉他，但他在自由中死去。Albert Woodfox 于 2016 年 2 月获释。“安哥拉三人组”合计被单独监禁超过 100 年，Woodfox 的 43 年是美国囚犯中最长的。
mallaidh查看英文原文
A note: Herman Wallace was released on October 1, 2013 because of advanced liver cancer. The state reindicted him on October 3, but he died the next day a free man. Albert Woodfox was released in February 2016. The Angola 3 were held in solitary confinement for more than 100 years combined, with Woodfox's 43 years of solitary being the longest of any American prisoner.
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