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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet
. why then should he be set up in some pent house prison pad for the rest of his time on earth?
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Why are you trying to make your argument by referencing an unrealistic extreme that was not offered by the prisoner. That is a clumsy way of debating.
At no time in his document nor in this discussion has anyone mentioned that this prisoner should be moved to a "penthouse prison pad".
All he is asking is that he be treated the
same as other prisoners who have killed in prison.
The rational for solitary confinement should be to act as a behaviour modification punishment
If you do this, you get solitary
If you don't do this, you get out of solitary.
Keeping someone in solitary for years and not giving any standards to get out of solitary removes any behavior modification rational. This prisoner has asked many times "what do I need to do?" A fair and reasonable question.
As for keeping other prisoners and guards safe, there are several levels (depending on the facility) for segregation and isolation, none of them requires solitary confinement. This guy is not the only prisoner who has killed in prison. If the others who have killed more than three people are not kept in solitary confinement for 20+ years, why is this prisoner singled out?
This is why I want to hear the BoP's side before making a forming a final opinion.
Assuming that what this prisoner wrote (and that will come put at the hearing), I don't understand why segregation would not be sufficient? It almost sounds like this is a case of revenge - the BoP is getting back at him. Which is not how a prison system is supposed to work. Emotions should have no part in running a prison system.
I am glad he is getting a hearing, I am just fearful that because it is within the BoP that he may not get a fair hearing. To prevent conflicts of interest, these types of hearings should be held by the judicial branch and not the executive branch.