Apparently, Ramos's family felt that solitary confinement wasn't acceptable to them. I was shocked at the time that they didn't realize that he'd be safer there than with the general population.
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"Border Patrol agent held in solitary confinement
WorldNetDaily ^ | January 23, 2007 | Jerome R. Corsi
Posted on 01/24/2007 12:48:21 PM AKST by YoungAmerican84
Border Patrol agent held in solitary confinement 'They act like he's Charles Manson,' father-in-law tells WND Posted: January 23, 2007 1:00 a.m. Eastern
By Jerome R. Corsi © 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
Former U.S. Border Patrol agent Ignacio Ramos embraced his wife, Monica Ramos, two days before he was sentenced to 11 years in prison (Courtesy El Paso Times)
Imprisoned former Border Patrol agent Ignacio Ramos not only is being held in prison for trying to halt a fleeing drug smuggler, he's being held in solitary confinement treated as if he were Charles Manson, a relative told WND in an exclusive interview.
Joe Loya, Ramos' father-in-law, told WND that Ramos is being held in conditions usually reserved for extraordinarily dangerous or trouble-making inmates.
"They have Ignacio in a 6 foot by 12 foot cell," Loya told WND in a telephone interview from El Paso. "There are no bars, just a steel door, and no window. He has no television and nothing to do. He is fed in his cell and let out only for one hour after 23 hours in the cell. He is then taken to a room with a television where he is allowed to watch the TV for an hour before he is returned to solitary confinement."
I couldn't do that for 1 week, much less 11 years.