[B-Chan]

The states should spend as much as it takes, then. Rape is not a constitutional form of punishment. Austere forms of prison housing, such as the wire-fence cage/tin roof/concrete pad type at Gitmo, are perfectly acceptable in my opinion.

[Mark17]

Austere forms of prison housing, such as the wire-fence cage/tin roof/concrete pad type at Gitmo, are perfectly acceptable in my opinion.

Well, it would be OK with me too, but the inmates would sue, and win. Unfortunately, it would be a violation of their constitutional rights, and they would require much better housing, and good medical care, to include organ transplants, and multi million dollar cancer treatments. Kinda sucks, but that is the way it is. Any type of solitary confinement, would still bankrupt the states, because, as I said before, the inmates do all the work.