25,000 inmates

More than 25000 inmates in the US prisons spend 23 hours a day in isolation! Check out this article on NPR very good. Makes you think and realize how messed up our jails are in this country.

ABOUT THIS SERIES on NPR.com

This is the third story in a three-part series on solitary confinement in the United States.

Part 1 -- Wednesday, July 26: California's Pelican Bay prison is considered the model for most long-term segregation units in U.S. prisons today. NPR visits the prison's secure housing unit to discover what life is like for the more than 1,200 inmates who live there in tiny, windowless cells. (Read Part 1: 'At Pelican Bay Prison, a Life in Solitary')

Part 2 -- Thursday, July 27: At Oregon State Pennitentiary, corrections officers are rethinking the idea of isolation and wondering if there might be a better way. (Read Part 2: 'As Populations Swell, Prisons Rethink Supermax ')

Overview -- Read: 'In U.S. Prisons, Thousands Spend Years in Isolation'

He is an idiot!

Hello peeps. Sorry I have been totally slacking on my blog. Haven't had the desire to post anything. Here is a little anti-war propaganda for you. Brought to you by Nolatina.