6x9: a virtual experience of solitary confinement - 360 video

Take the 360 degree video experience of solitary confinement in US prisons, which places viewers in a virtual segregation cell they can explore and interact with. It highlights the psychological effects of long-term solitary confinement for people who have experienced it first-hand around the world.
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[@branmill4439]

Watching this and thinking about going back. It's so much harder out here but when your in there it sucks so much. I hope anyone reading this doesn't ever have to live this way.

[@abu3960]

hope you are doing well

[@SealMaster00]

Spent 120 days in solitary confinement, 10 months in 23and1

[@SealMaster00]

Still am not the same from it.

[@anddrestorres7300]

my dad doesnt even talk anymore because of this, i remmember when i saw in jail after like 22 years he didnt even talk anymore like not at all he just stared at me and cried.

[@TypeOneg]

Anddres Torres and therein lies the crime. You deserved a father who could talk with you despite being behind bars. The state took that away from you without even knowing you exist.

[@stephenlyon1358]

@@TypeOneg if you can't do the time, don't do the crime. I notice you didn't ask what his father did.

[@TypeOneg]

@@stephenlyon1358 Why would I care about that? It wasn't the point. really does it matter? My son is in prison. Nobody asks him. He doesn't ask anyone. Everyone gets to do their own time The minute you decide in prison that someone did something worse than you, you're in for a bumpy ride. And don't even start me on the prison industrial complex. If we had an hour to talk in person, I could change your mind.

[@suzieq1704]

I don't believe in solitary confinement. Don't care what the crime is. As a society we need to have some compassion while punishing.

[@zeak107]

@@stephenlyon1358 So you've never done anything wrong? You think you never committed a crime our a felony? You most have been really sheltered.

[@mo777-]

im so happy and thankful I can just click of this video whenever and dont have to actually be here .please stay out of trouble it's not worth it

[@aharonemanuel4010]

Ya

[@MrShainho]

Trouble can come find you, and you get arrested and charged for crime you didn’t commit.

[@michellesweightlossjourney6599]

I don't think you get it. People can be sent to solitary for simple things that you & I know aren't worth it. Reporting staff, filing grievances, protecting yourself from gang violence, writing letters to expose criminal activity within the prison - can get you sent to solitary!! Keep in mind this country falsely sentences many people on a daily basis!! You don't sound like someone who knows anything about our prison system.

[@hang3xc1]

That's as close as I ever need to be to prison, let alone solitary.

[@muzeack9700]

I did two months in a cell that big in Juvenal hall i was 17. never went back 34 now

[@koolkids6656]

+hang3xc1 exactly

[@SENNYWAVEKID]

+Liam Jeremiah y?

[@antdx316]

hahahaha

[@davidcraig6995]

Anthony Abelardo u wudnt last 10mins hahahahaha DHEAD

[@theGuardian]

For the full virtual reality experience, head here: www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2016/apr/27/6x9-a-virtual-experience-of-solitary-confinement

[@irishnessie]

solitary confinement does NOTHING. I don't understand the point of locking someone up for 23 hours is gonna help them? Especially since 80 per cent who were in solitary end up back on the streets eventually. Long term solitary like 5, 10, 15 etc years will do more damage than anything. Treat someone like an animal, they will end up like an animal. You wouldn't even treat a dog like this.

[@sonof316]

No sorry solitary confinement is one of the best things that have ever been implemented. Hardest thing to ever deal with. Way better than the death penalty for criminals that have done horrible things beyond imaginable death is an easy escape.

[@j.l.parker]

Why do people say "like an animal" and "wouldn't treat a dog like this" as if there's some tacit agreement that humans are superior creatures? It's disturbing.

[@SR-mg6hl]

@@j.l.parker humans are not superior to animals, we just have an additional psychological evolutionary step(you cant deny that we are different in that regard). We have the power to help animals so we must maintain that responsability to the highest standard. ps: difference doesnt imply superiority

[@downloadexists7292]

@@j.l.parker I was think that and this: Well, since you are talking in this manner than you must that that human is not animal... and if you are not an animal then what are you, a plant? protist? mushroom?

[@suzieq1704]

I agree.

[@_skykix]

Give me a PC with internet access and I'll be in solitary confinement for decades.

[@Oheddeh]

+BetterThanReal You guys are exaggerating the comparison of your room and a cell. Your mom isn't going to bring you hot pocket from your kitchen every time you get hungry. You're going to eat maggot stew whenever the officer feels like bringing it.

[@edwinm1]

Yeah that seems to be the key in solitary confinement. Knowing that youre in prison with no computer, fucked up nutrition, and most likely a dose of beatings here and there its not exactly "being in my room with internet access"

[@cloroxbleach8155]

saaame

[@RachelDavis705]

Seriously, if I had the internet, I feel like it would fly by. How many hours have I just wasted and wasted on my computer alone in my apartment? lol

[@NicoleKe]

You say that now. There's a big difference in want to and have to. The minute you have to be confined, you wouldn't want to be. Also I'm sure your house is larger than a cell and you a free to move about as you please.

[@Quagigitymire]

Solitary can't be mimicked, it can't be experienced virtually to gain an understanding of what it is to be confined to solitary imprisonment. It can't let you experience the isolation after days inside. You can't know the damn near freezing temperature CO's set it to with no way to stay warm. The noises from the inmates screaming, crying, slamming in the cells around the pod. The harassment from the guards who find pleasure in tormenting inmates by making sleep impossible. Until you end up in the hole you just can't understand what it's like.

[@jumpyourbone]

+Quagigitymire you sound like you're speaking from experience.

[@Quagigitymire]

jumpyourbone This is true, I have served time in both county and state.

[@jumpyourbone]

really sorry to hear that. i've been doing a lot of research on policy surrounding imprisonment especially wrt solitary confinement, and it's completely outrageous that people are forced to withstand this shit. i guess you can "make an argument" that there is some practical organizational logic informing SHUs, SMUs or CCRs when you consider them in the context of super-max prisons (not to mention regular prisons). regardless though, from a psychological and ethical standpoint, it's an abhorrent, evil practice. idk if you want to answer, but why were you put in solitary? how long were you there?

[@Quagigitymire]

jumpyourbone First off I must say that I live in Maricopa county, home of the bigot megalomaniac self proclaimed toughest sheriff in the world, Joe "I'm a media whore piece of trash" Arpaio. I will leave my feelings on him and his nearly sadistic ways for a different discussion to avoid the 100,000 word youtube comment. In county, Arpaio's personal dungeon, an inmate can wind up in the "hole" for the most trivial of things. Once you are in the hole they strip you down to nothing but your pink boxers and you are locked in a small cell that often smells like shit, literally. You are given a suicide blanket and a mat that is as good as plywood to sleep on. The guards seem to get off on tormenting the inmates in the SHU. They will often beat on the doors to make sleeping as difficult as possible, they crank down the A/C to what feels like -10 when you have nothing but boxers and a blanket the size of a normal towel, they keep the bright ass lights on all day and night. State prison is quite a different thing than county. In state the guards know the inmates truly run the prison and respect is given or it will be taken. The SHU is far less punishing and you have to do something actually deserving of it to be placed there, or you are there by choice or need protection. Yes, you are alone, but the cells are larger than county, you still get your clothes, your radio, your tv if you have one. You only get 1 hour to 4 hours a day rec out of your cell and even worse is the once per 4 days shower. As to why I ended up in either isn't something I am all that interested in speaking of. I do hope you understand, being such a public forum and all. If you would like any questions answered that I am able to I am happy to do so.

[@prisondude]

They have luxury I wish I could be insde

[@Zakaria95M]

In hindsight, probably shouldn't have seen this just before bed.

[@giswurld]

Zakaria Meddings honestly i dont want to sleep now

[@sportskid7404]

Same

[@Tabby1]

Saaaame

[@kerubinkirigaya5262]

3 years later and all I wanna say is...same.

[@Hi-eb3kk]

Same

[@kelvinperalta6711]

My worst fear is getting convinced wrongfully and spending the rest of my life in a cell

[@aaronkonstantine2794]

same here

[@Chuked]

You won’t get wrongfully convicted if you hang around the right person

[@avaliausd.]

@@Chuked True. I haven't heard many stories of innocent people being put in the Hole. I think the Hole is reserved for special cases.

[@WarmongerYT]

@@Chuked 🤡LOL really? I was & I had NEVER been in any kind of trouble before. Didn't drink didn't party , nothing. I was put in solitary for 14 days - only let out for 30mins (10:30pm -11:00pm) & i was just in a regular jail - had never even had a speeding ticket before, never had been in any type of trouble before. But someone made up false charges on me for signing their name on their own checks (forgery) & since the jail was out of room I was put in there. As were all the women there. I hadn't been in front of a judge & had no idea what was going on or why I had been kidnapped aka pulled out of my vehicle & arrested. U have no idea what it's like not being able to escape & not knowing how many more days or weeks u are going to be stuck in a tiny cell. Having to defecate 2 ft from a stranger , lights on 24/7 , every day breakfast slid thru a tiny hole = very wet oatmeal with nothing,no sugar just over watered oatmeal, then lunch 2 bologna sandwiches with mustard& mayo 1/2 a small coffee cup of Kool aid (about 4 sips worth) , then dinner Piece of corn bread, few spoonfuls of brown beans . & That's literally it , every day, the same exact thing to eat. All of which absolutely disgusting. & U have a small plastic coffee cup to drink from the water that comes out of the sink attached to your toilet. Did u know after 11 to 14 days solitary confinement does permanent damage to someone. . Oh & if u actually are naive enough & a sheep enough to believe in " innocent in proven guilty" 🤡 it's 100% guilty until AND IF u can afford to prove yourself innocent. 🚩

[@WarmongerYT]

@@avaliausd. You'd be wrong. I didn't party , didn't drink ,had never ever been even close to being in any type of trouble. Yet I was put in solitary for 14 days - only let out for 30mins (10:30pm -11:00pm) & i was just in a regular jail - had never even had a speeding ticket before, never had been in any type of trouble before. But someone made up false charges on me for signing their name on their own checks (forgery) * they wrote me several checks & u could clearly see it was their handwriting& signature but she turned around & said that she never wrote the checks. This was an obvious lie but it didn't matter. No one is going to listen to u & u don't get to speak to the judge. You'll be sentenced for 30 extra days if u try saying anything other than "not guilty" or "guilty" in front a judge. & since the jail was out of room I was put in there. As were all the women there. I hadn't been in front of a judge & had no idea what was going on or why I had been kidnapped aka pulled out of my vehicle & arrested. U have no idea what it's like not being able to escape & not knowing how many more days or weeks u are going to be stuck in a tiny cell. Having to defecate 2 ft from a stranger , lights on 24/7 , every day breakfast slid thru a tiny hole = very wet oatmeal with nothing,no sugar just over watered oatmeal, then lunch 2 bologna sandwiches with mustard& mayo 1/2 a small coffee cup of Kool aid (about 4 sips worth) , then dinner Piece of corn bread, few spoonfuls of brown beans . & That's literally it , every day, the same exact thing to eat. All of which absolutely disgusting. & U have a small plastic coffee cup to drink from the water that comes out of the sink attached to your toilet. Did u know after 11 to 14 days solitary confinement does permanent damage to someone. . Oh & if u actually are naive enough & a sheep enough to believe in " innocent in proven guilty" 🤡 it's 100% guilty until AND IF u can afford to prove yourself innocent. 🚩

[@IIllytch321nonadinfinitum]

When I was in city jail for almost 24 hours (in the U.S., by the way), there were no other inmates with me. I had three cells to myself. A couple magazines, playing cards, and a table. Mind you, I'm an extremely non-social person (anti-social is the wrong term, yet is used all too often), but I even felt some anxiety from being in that environment. The whole prison system is all fucked up (again, at least from the U.S.'s point-of-view), and the fact that we don't do enough to prevent people going into these institutions in the first place is a shame. Let the rich maintain their Epicurean illusions and push trickle-down economics on the working class as crumbs brushed to the dogs under a dinner table.

[@tappiera]

+IIllytch321 actually, i read that they make big money off prisons so makes sense to imprison more people to get richer. Tbh personally I think if you really want to convert a person to be an asset to society, prison is definitely not in that path :/

[@IIllytch321nonadinfinitum]

Enrico Aquilina Sadly, you're right. However, there is a place for separating certain individuals from society, but: 1. It should not be done for every little instance of social deviance, and 2. More steps should be taken while the person is incarcerated to better themselves to be, as you said, an asset to their society. Also, having compassion for these people and actually trying to understand where they're coming from and why they do what the do in the first place is the first step in helping them (as best as we can, some people may be beyond it) and, preferably, preventing such situations in the future. Educational and economic reform are necessary in the U.S.. Bernie Sanders planted a seed, and hopefully that seed will gain momentum and begin to find fertile human soil to grow. Peace.

[@DefaultDerrick]

+IIllytch321 I agree with you, 100%.

[@RachelDavis705]

Not remotely the same thing as what this video is about.

[@IIllytch321nonadinfinitum]

Lady Presh-Presh Have a good one.

[@treseysolomon304]

Did anyone get chills watching this

[@antdx316]

that's the idea

[@aaronkonstantine2794]

@@antdx316 I think I'm gonna get night mares.

[@antdx316]

@@aaronkonstantine2794 the idea it to implement the methods from those that have successfully gone through solitary

[@ArranVid]

No, solitary confinement is easy for me, the narrator is overdramatic.

[@pompuskaya]

My sister was in prison for 3 years... She was in solitary confinement three times before for 23 hours I feel so bad for her!😭😭

[@Fiskie666]

But 23 hours is a least normal and not so harsh :( I think just multiple days would be terrible.. let anlone a month.

[@Otto45]

She must've done something horrible! Disown her & never look back again.

[@lowhp_comic]

What was she in for?

[@mrrandom1265]

Your sister is most probably a human POS who should stay there for the rest of her pathetic existence.

[@Inthaethio206]

​@@Otto45ur cold

[@proud2bpagan]

I remember seeing a documentary about Alcatraz, and their solitary confinement had no lights...when they shut the door, it was pitch dark. One guy who had been an inmate said that he stayed sane in solitary by pulling a button off his shirt, throwing the button on the floor,turning around and around,and then, on his hands and knees, he groped blindly for the button,and repeated his prior action when he found it.

[@syzionaurifex5383]

Imagine if you couldn’t find it tho..... you’d turn into Gollum

[@ayalewdessieabebe]

Lol

[@randallschmidt686]

I remember seeing that. Can you send a link to that?

[@chebaca8]

This can be a legit horror game. I actually felt a jump scare coming when the lights started to flash.

[@aaronkonstantine2794]

Yea I was scared

[@lowhp_comic]

My phone notification vibrated and my soul left me for a brief moment haha

[@kat-2point0]

I read this article about a man who spent over 40 years of his life in SC. That’s about half of your life. He sounded pretty sane in the article for someone who’d been in the hole that long. That man mist have a mind of steel.

[@meowshmelo]

more like a mind of Mithril.

[@jorgee.1634]

I hope I don't have to many toilet rolls

[@MrsznewyawkRN]

Ultron1501 I hate KZbin lmaooo

[@Stellarstaller]

Jorge E. This didn’t age well LOL

[@jorgee.1634]

Zane dang I completely forgot I about this

[@kite6864]

corona punished us for too much toilet rolls

[@bjornforkbeard1946]

Was in for 3 months straight, half the size of this. I got to read books though. The biggest torture was they had a radio FM station that played Adele and Justin briber every other song, some of the homies loved that song and would sing to it. Drove me absolutely insane!

[@BandWagon1987]

I've got a plan to avoid this horrible experience. I'm not going to commit a crime and go to jail.

[@BillyRanch]

+BandWagon1987 I'll jump on that bandwagon ;)

[@killycati971]

+33Pictures Yeah troll, I'm SO stupid and you are SO clever. Y'all really need to study sociology. Y'all really need to read. Bye.

[@Charlie_lives]

***** Um ok.

[@xLiLtEmPeR]

You are a sheep. You're programmed. If I had a weapon and I declare all of you to die by this weapon and the ONLY way to not die is to obey my commands, will you do it? Because that's exactly what you're doing by running away from fear instead of conquering and become that fear. You can only avoid for so long before you get the stick, and it only exists in your mind

[@MayurKulkarni]

Thats a good plan.

[@greenhorse3464]

TBH I'd prefer to be in solitary confinement than surrounded by criminals.

[@HugoFauzi]

What's the point of prision? Doing phisycal and psicologycal harm to those who comitted a crime? Are prisions a institunalized vengance that goes for days, months and years to provide society a feeling of revange and therefore satisfaction? Solitary confinment is then a perfect punishment for those "monsters" who are in jail, but they aren't less "monsters" than those who approved and applied it.

[@HugoFauzi]

33Pictures, Probably anyone would like to torture in the most unhuman way his parent's murderer but thats why we have laws, human rights and a State that looks for them so in the case that happens we aren't drag by anger, hatred and stupidity. Forced solitary confinment is a way of torture and deshumanization that shouldn't be practice.

[@XFreeStyleZX]

+Lewis Wake Look at how northern Europeans do prisons.

[@iColHax]

Faith in humanity has been lost, even before we implemented laws for human rights. We would be no better if we be putting murderers, rapist, abusers to death by various methods. Even though most of or not all the above deserve the death punishment. Life sentence is just as pointless because the convicted of that sentence can't be rehabilitated. I love the USA and our prison system isn't the best, but most of them monsters deserve where they need to be.

[@TheGreatslyfer]

So what, we don't provide a reason for people to behave correctly? We should let people who create damage on society roam freely?

[@sh0werp0wer]

In the US it is. Other, more civilised countries focus on rehabilitation and it works much better.

[@silentamarok7089]

It's unfortunate that this is where inmates have to go when they don't feel safe in their own dorm. My husband is currently in solitary

[@aaronkonstantine2794]

Yea 😢😥

[@yannickroosen8138]

How is he doing now?

[@faizfirdaus2967]

I really felt stressful and heavy after imagine locked up inside this small cage...cannot imagine how hard could it be...

[@aaronkonstantine2794]

Same here..

[@Zystus]

I've been in a 6 man jail cell similar to this for 2 weeks (US jail). Wasn't so bad the first week but once the 2nd week kicked in I started to go a bit crazy because of boredom. All you can literally do is sit on your bed or lay down. Can't even walk around because there was no room. Had it not been for my 5 other cell mates I probably would've lost my sanity. It was quite an experience though.

[@ElitePlaysz]

Wow.. Sorry to her that

[@piperdozier6596]

My brother is a cop and has worked in many prisons. It is a horrible place to be. He has told me many many stories about people in maximum security prisons and in SC and reasons why they're there. But I do believe instead of just locking them up in SC and allowing this anger to build up inside of them the prisons could find ways to teach them they're loved and can be forgiven. Because the only way for one to move on from the past mistakes and look forward to a new future, a better future is to start with breaking the past and forgiving themselves and others forgiving them. They could find ways to break the pattern. BUT WITH THIS THEIR IS LINES THAT CAN BE CROSSED! They have to earn those privileges.

[@syzionaurifex5383]

So the child molester should be loved and forgiven? What about the guy sharpening sticks? I don’t think so....

[@nativearizona1]

I started to think I was a dog, a rabid dog, and started to bark, and wag my tail, I started to foam at the mouth, the walls were closing in on me. After 14 months in those cell's I lost my psyche forever!

[@treasuretrails]

Imagine being locked in there with no computer or internet, I'd go mad in 5 days.....

[@aaronkonstantine2794]

Me too.

[@E180TEKNO]

having myself done time in prison as a french i can say that american prisons and especially us isolation cells are hardcore and surely one of the worst in the world the us prisoners are among the hardest in the world in my opinion mentally ,the prisons in France are soft really comparated to the jail US

[@bluejay0895]

I spent years in a hospital behind a locked door… able to go for smoke breaks but sometimes they would take away your passes for many days for this and that. It was torturous… getting through it was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do, on many occasions… if you didn’t stay calm and keep it together it drives you crazy…

[@danielreamer8382]

I know you can’t have this in there but if I was in solitary confinement and I got cable and internet I could be in solitary confinement for the rest of my life and be just fine

[@daysund.3805]

The hilarious screaming that surrounds you is enough entertainment for me.... sign me up

[@aaronkonstantine2794]

Ur joking right?

[@rotcehlobo8311]

Travis County in Austin Texas regularly uses this method. Anybody arrested has to spend 3 days in cell if they’re not bonded out.

[@BlessedBeyondMeasure24]

My husband is in confinement right now and I’m trying not to lose it I guess watching this isn’t helping I just wanted an idea of what he’s dealing with since I’m not about to hear from him 2 more days prayerfully and I’ll be able to hear my loves sweet voice again

[@Artistresearcher]

I think they have over done it will all the voice overs etc. I think it might of made more of an impact without all those background distractions. But it is great that they are sharing the experience and making the point.

[@jacklinemukiibi4388]

It's not about justice, it's about cruelty and apathy from the public.

[@Richie4ualways]

It's slow death inside such confinements

[@darknonotheking4257]

This is incredible

[@DZETube]

This reminds me of the short story "The yellow wallpaper".

[@roseredmayne]

That story freaked me out

[@fdannn6926]

Why don't they give these guys a PS4 and let them play Grand Theft Auto or something? At least for the guys who are never getting out, being able to explore a realistic city, drive cars, fly planes etc could actually reduce stress and violence in these guys, and even being able to drive over pedestrians and shoot them in the game would also be a release for them and in turn reduce REAL life violence.

[@FilmStains]

I think you kind of miss the point. Solitary confinement is for people who have done the worst a human can do according to the laws, or who have shown to be a danger to other inmates. There are people sitting in solitary confinement, like El Chapo for example, who have a high amount of kills to their name and who have done terrible things to the world. Not sure if you know this, but terrorists from the middle east who have been capture and imprisoned who out right say that people from their group would rather die then get caught and sent to an American prison. Solitary is for the worst of folks. You want to know about a different kind of solitary? Look up sensory deprivation or white room torture. There no blood spilt, no choking, no stabbing. Just a white room with white clothes, nothing but white. Anyone who has legit been in solitary knows you have to keep yourself busy. Play a counting game, throw a small object in the room with your eyes closed and try to find it, try to memorize any reading material you are given, work out, make the most of your one hour outside, invent scripts to movies in your head, meditate. Solitary is not impossible to live in if you can think for yourself. Many people lose it in there because they can't figure out how to cope.

[@daniilfilms]

For even a second watching the video i already felt alone

[@EveHyland-in8jb9ti9y]

Been here a few times.

[@Mralexdenver]

this needs to stop. solitary confinement needs to stop

[@theybnplug5216]

Why? If someone kills 5 people they deserve this for 100 years.

[@jasninja3384]

+The YBN Plug But isn't driving someone to suicide the same as killing them? Wouldn't that make you just as bad as the criminal? What is the point in that? shouldn't people lead by example and be doing things to try and reform these people and make the world a better place solitary confinement for long periods of time is just emotional torture.

[@Andrea-xs4ny]

@@theybnplug5216 You don't have to be a convicted murderer to end up in confinement. And, like the video shows, they can send you there or increase your time there for any (perceived) infraction. It's inhumane, and it truly changes you. You will not come out the same person.

[@Andrea-xs4ny]

@paviliceanu vlad - Yes, but they're supposed to come out as a healthy, functioning member of society, whereas what I meant was the opposite.

[@TheIncarceratedNation]

@@theybnplug5216 look it up yourself there is no one in solitary for killing someone its all for bs charges inside of jail

[@porshprix4286]

Stay out of prison and you won't have to experience it.

[@Inthaethio206]

Have some compassion 🤦

[@ArranVid]

Solitary confinement will be a piece of cake for me. I would rather have solitary confinement than the death penalty, the death penalty is scary.

[@craig-ey6ou]

I didnt know i had anxiety until was in something like this for 40 hours it's horrible ​@user-bk9fk2tq2z

[@moneyprintergobrr6501]

Some dudes spent more than 40 years like this.

[@aaronkonstantine2794]

It makes me cry 😢 😭

[@erikmassie9400]

Great Video!!!💯💯💯💯

[@lombremic4840]

I don't think I'd last more than a few days. Was reading about the guy who spent 40 years in solitary before being released. Terrifying

[@aaronkonstantine2794]

I'd start losing my mind.

[@thesupersonicstig]

This cell is probably bigger than my own bedroom...

[@aaronkonstantine2794]

Ya

[@erwischmichnie]

Actually i've always thought it's privilige to stay in the single cell as to share it. Wait, you've watched the famous film "Shawshank Redemption" - Andy stayed in the single apartment and was all right.

[@bigvic22sti]

WOW!! only 2 minutes, that felt A LOT longer, cannot imagine someone doing years in that.....shm....now Im off to find vr porn lol

[@aharonemanuel4010]

😂😆🤣

[@johnnyenglish1264]

In my opinion, death penalty is actually a more humane punishment. Solitary confinement is torturous.

[@ayalewdessieabebe]

Under statement

[@itaintme.]

I was in solitary for 6 months and God's honest truth is it isn't that bad.

[@PLayAshEFF72]

Try 17 years

[@solraczevehc3761]

I’ve done 28 days in the hole. When a deputy tells you they don’t like your kind then you get a write up for challenging a deputy to a fight lol. And got tossed around with grown man stepping on you lol

[@aaronkonstantine2794]

That's crazy 😯💔

[@hishouha]

I’m always in my room by myself and I’m not the most social one, but thinking about being in a solitary room with nothing to do for hours and days makes me want to jump off a building. I’d go crazy so fast in there, I know it

[@aaronkonstantine2794]

@found the change name option lol same.

[@silverlemniscate]

When I think of folks like Chris Watts in that room, well, I like it.

[@jessicawyllie5649]

I'm spooked

[@blinkspacestudio8892]

I would have a huge problem with the noise and banging of other inmates. that would make me panic. Being alone is not too bad for me but the invasion of noise would overwhelm my senses.

[@supahfly_uk]

I heard someone break their leg kicking their door, and the screws just laughed at him. Was like an hour until medical staff helped him out.

[@dazidspore2422]

this is just horrible, how isnt this abolished yet

[@Chico50445]

Because of all the morons who don't give a shit and say "I just won't break the law, because I trust the justice system 100% to never fuck me over of a false accusation" Or the kids stuck in their stupid fantasy worlds of heroes and villains and say "these are criminals, let them rot"

[@The08linkin]

Prison, in the US at least, is focused more on punishment than rehabilitation.

[@cassieleeper3367]

@@Chico50445 You are exactly right. There r so many simple minded naive people that truly believe in the justice system .

[@woodsy5081]

It’s prison it’s not meant to be cake

[@gwarguraqueentrickstarcoat9110]

anyone notice too many pencils?

[@vivitsashankar7338]

Yeah, why is that even a problem? You can't even write too much?

[@PsunnProductions]

If it’s truly as nasty of an experience as prisoners claim, it gives me peace that some of those who truly deserve it, have felt that agony.

[@hananissa9393]

I came here to research about solitary and now..... im more scared for those people. This is torture.

[@antoinettecmarshall2270]

me too yo! I'm thinking about doing this for my IB independent project!!! THIS ISSUE NEEDS ATTENTION!!!!

[@Kraliezec]

Anytime better than sharing a cell with 20 other inmates, sleeping like rows of cigarettes in a box. For millions of prisoners around the world, this cell is a luxury.

[@annykay6144]

It’s just so crazy to me that that cell really isn’t that bad. The only bad thing is not having someone to communicate with. Why is that we need human interaction and if we don’t get it we go crazy?

[@iguessthatsmehuh]

?

[@BlackJeepConvertible]

There’s no sink, no personal hygiene items, no tv, no commissary stuff

[@kiitzz]

not that bad???

[@MrShadowfax42]

Where Guardian "journalists" belong.

[@tiffanysgottimetoday4589]

I’m watching during lunch thinking this a documentary then I started moving my phone around lol I didn’t know it was VR

[@KidneyMush]

I remember being in prison in 1681... believe me, this cell you show, is nothing compared to what i endured over 3 centuries ago

[@missnessia7534]

IT WAS SCARY !

[@ArranVid]

Reading books will make solitary confinement even more of a piece of cake.

[@spybreak23]

I've never understood how this is worse than general population. Like, I much prefer a quiet cell away from the stinky, insane, violent nutcases, thank you. I've read enough books to entertain myself in my holodeck for decades.

[@MrJNEW82]

Why do these videos only work when I swipe on the video for my phone? Is this a setting issue I need to change? Anyone know??

[@KazimierzRat]

what do you mean?

[@MrJNEW82]

The video plays but wuth no motion when i move my phone in any direction. To view different angles I have to literally touch the video and swipe different ways

[@KazimierzRat]

MrJNEW82 Oh okay what phone do you have?

[@MrJNEW82]

+ExtraCrispyJews LG Stylo. It has the gyroscope sensor and the 360 vids actually work correctly when i come across them on Facebook, just for some reason doesn't work on KZbin

[@KazimierzRat]

MrJNEW82 try to update it or open youtube through the cardboard app it happens to me.

[@TheBreezus]

I do not want to ever be put in this situation. I see why the mass/serial killers/terrorist get this kind of treatment. It is meant to destroy the person over a long period of time.

[@plutonium09]

Idk about you but it looks comfy

[@thevelveteenking4440]

yeah thats enough for me....i dont even wanna watch this video again!

[@fizwinkle1587]

I understand that some people might deserve it but that's just cruel..

[@aharonemanuel4010]

Ya 🤦🏾

[@zuriogletree]

Wow 😮 this was so creepy and scary... just wow... thank you for that experience

[@aaronkonstantine2794]

I wanna be locked up in a cell with you 😍

[@marylstar]

When I play it with my vr, the sound is very bad! I don't know why!

[@marylstar]

But i play with oculus

[@John-om3dx]

I could do it if I had books and a tv.

[@NeverBestStudio]

If you know vipassana and are pretty good at it, solitary would be a breeze...

[@aaronkonstantine2794]

😂🤣🤣🤣😆😆😆

[@Itsbeenonee]

where do i sign

[@aaronkonstantine2794]

😆😂🤣

[@CalamityBYC1]

There is a way bigger picture here and I’d say 99% of the people in the comments don’t see it mostly due to their lack of knowledge and not caring enough, but the funny thing is the government they love so much has made them who they are today and everyone else. Control the environment people live in and you can mold a lot of them into whatever it is you want. So what I am saying is our government has hugely been the whole reason why people do what people do. The really sad part of it all is the fact you can drag a horse to a river but to get the damn thing to drink you will find to be very difficult and it will die of thirst that it never knew it needed.

[@ophioglossoides6961]

Is it beneficial or harmful in the long run?

[@aaronkonstantine2794]

Harmful 🤦‍♂️

[@Garrotegarrote]

Im trying to sleep. This just gives me a headache...

[@sugarhieroglyph]

This is wrong. It has to stop, not only for the safety of the inmates and their minds, but for the safety of the general populace once they are released.

[@poetry9741]

That scared me a little bit

[@aaronkonstantine2794]

Me 2.

[@leadrecharges1821]

Have they tried not committing crimes?

[@aaronkonstantine2794]

Lol.

[@cloroxbleach8155]

me when im left with only a pc and the lights are off

[@juanmanuellopeznovas7908]

Even without headphones or VR and accidentally putting pause is very disturbing . People shouldn´t be in this cell for more than 22 hours of a day, and/or 15 consecutive days

[@TheCondello]

I must be fucked because this shit is my end-game.

[@nishihundan1257]

If you're an innocent person, solitary confinement would be awesome! Because no innocent person would want to be in the general population in prison.

[@lukedodson5808]

thanks for the experience....

[@connorstandingready6312]

They want to treat us like animals we might as well act like animals lol

[@cooleslaw]

Comfy.

[@sleepyheads8440]

I accidentally pressed this while studying

[@7RhdHBkA4AfOII3PTpTgvivAV2qBDw]

I used google cardboard to watch this.. Am I the only one that fell of my seat because I tried to lean to the "virtual bed"? :D #2real4me

[@marisiachody7684]

What did these people do to end up in prison? Broke the law, in prison you have rules and when you break prison rules, you get prison punishment. What the hell do these lawbreakers think they were gonna get? A cruise????

[@userlog2474]

lol no

[@向你祖母問好]

Don't get thrown into prison to begin with

[@DZETube]

Reminds me of the Yellow Wallpaper

[@unintimid8ed]

Nothing wrong with this just sleep and workout! No big deal. Comfy and relaxing 🙂

[@aaronkonstantine2794]

Shut up 🤦‍♂️

[@kayxero]

Yo when my phone started moving with the screen I was BRUH WTF

[@wolfensus]

What did you become after you were BRUH WTF? How did the transition go?

[@treehouse2902]

One solution, don't do the crime. Imagine that.