I read a study on violence in prison. Some people have a huge personal space envelope. There isn’t enough room in the average corridor for another person to pass them without violating their personal space and therefore being attacked. These people must be kept isolated from others to prevent injury.
I talked to a prison guard at the gym. A man they’d released the day before murdered someone an hour after being released. It was just some guy who got in his way. The guard said they had all been warned to never, under any circumstance, turn their back on the prisoner because he would kill them. He was released because he had served his time, but the entire legal system knew what he’d do when he got out.
The council is full of people who have never had to deal with the real world.
Have to see through these things, they are never what they seem. The Solitary thing is not about compassion or personal space. They will use this to open the door to legally house more than just one in those solitary cells and make room for even more bodies in the prison.