Ulbricht is soft and going to supermax .. he's going to be abused and crumple. I feel bad for him.
If he actually goes to the Supermax, then it will be good for him. He will be locked up for 23 hours in isolation
Isolation is torture for any primate, 23 hours a day of torture will not be good for him. He will slowly go mad. I can imagine few fates worse than that.
All you get in a Supermax is a tiny cell where all the furniture is made of unmovable concrete and a polished metal plate embedded into the wall to act as a mirror. The exercise yard is also tiny with very high walls that prevent you glimpsing the sun, and you only use it alone.
Living every day for the rest of your life in those conditions could be a fate worse than death.
Wow. That sounds like hell.
I am guessing the only way to keep sane is to (if allowed) exchange mail with a few people.
Keep in touch with real people, before the imaginary people show up....
Yeah it doesn't sound too nice, no way does Ross deserve to be locked up like an animal. If he was a mass murderer or a terrorist it might be a bit more understandable, far as I can tell he's not a threat to anyone.
Prisoners are confined to their cells for 22 and a half to 24 hours a day. They will only leave it for an hours solitary exercise in a barren concrete yard or for a 15-minute shower on alternate days. Technology and design allow for these two activities to take place with a flick of a switch and without direct staff contact. Food, medication, post and any other provisions will be delivered to them through a hatch in their cell door, with little communication or time-wasting.
The regime of relentless solitary confinement and tight prisoner control in a typical supermax is made possible by prison architects. Without their professional knowledge and careful calculation and assessment of every design detail, it would not have been possible to hold hundreds of prisoners in complete isolation from each other within a single, relatively small, building for prolonged periods.
http://solitarywatch.com/2011/01/19/inside-the-american-supermax/