“Seeing someone with their legs tied, suspended upside down while their feet are beaten, has a disturbing effect. I will never forget the sound too, not only the screams but also the splashing of the tube that came down on their body" (Conditions of detention"). In many countries, “prisoners suffer violations of their human rights through harsh treatment and conditions” (Detention conditions). The conditions include cruel treatment of prisoners and solitary confinement for over 20 years. According to Golding, the inhumane treatment and harsh conditions imposed on California prisoners show the ferocity of human nature and its flaws that lead to the deficiency of a society. As prisoners prepare for their prison life, prison authorities also began planning the torture procedures they would impose on helpless prisoners. Prisoners were treated with harsh conditions considered intolerable with respect to the concept of human dignity. People who were on the verge of being released from prison chose to die rather than stay a few more days and be tortured by these beasts "No one wants to die... yet with this current system of what amounts to intense torture, what choice we do?" Have?" (Cline). Another similar statement leaked to journalists led to consideration of the innate inhuman nature of men: "The cell was about 12 square meters... At night everyone had to lie on their side, since no there was enough space to lie down. To use the bathroom at night you had to wake up the people sleeping in the bathroom. The two bathrooms were simply holes in the floor and whatever function you performed in the bathroom, the whole cell could see you. detention”). These conditions are... at the heart of the document ......Germany's strike to protest solitary conditions”. HuffPost Politics. .Cline, Alex. “Why These 30,000 California Prisoners on Hunger Strike Deserve Your Support.” PolicyMic. Mic Network Inc., 2013. Web. 22 Nov 2013. “Detention Conditions and Treatment of Prisoners.” , nd Web. 22 Nov 2013. .“Palta, Rina. “USA” prison authorities in California are “playing with the lives” of inmates on hunger strike.” Amnesty International. Amnesty International, 2013. Web. 22 November 2013. .
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