re: if you went to prison, would you want cell block or segregation?

I saw a doc shot at a prison in Maine. They put dudes in seg/isolation cells for breaking rules.

One guy goes in perfectly sane, saying he looks forward to quiet time for reading and exercises.

Within a month, the guy is cutting himself, smearing blood and shite all over the place, etc. His experience was not uncommon. The prisoners would get so bored that would do crazy stuff like mutilation or flooding toilets just to get a little excitement.