“911! There is a crazy person mass murdering people! Help!” You shout into your phone, minutes later, the murderer has been caught. You want justice, you go to his trial as a witness and was glad to hear that he was sentenced to a prison. Then you find out that they were being treated pretty nicely after what he did.
This is what Laura Rovner is telling us. She says “Why none of us will tolerate having a loved one, like a parent or a child, locked alone in a small bathroom for days, let alone years.” Well I disagree, mass murderers have killed our loved ones too, are they not to be punished for what they did? Are we suppose to invite them to do it again and not get punished just because there loved ones doesn’t want them to? What about other peoples loved one’s that he/she killed!?
Though there is one part I agree with Laura, long-term isolation should not be allowed, even if long-term isolation is not allowed, prisoners should still be punished and not be treated as guests. They should still have isolation, just short term ones, at most, 5-7 years of isolation. These are the reasons why prisoners should not have special privillages.