Inmate Gets 37.5 Years in Solitary Confinement for 38 Facebook Posts

The South Carolina Department of Corrections has been bringing the hammer down hard on inmates who are caught posting to social networks, but are the punishments a bit over the top?

PrisonCellsThe South Carolina Department of Corrections has been bringing the hammer down hard on inmates who are caught posting to social networks, but are the punishments a bit over the top?

The Electronic Frontier Foundation used South Carolina’s Freedom of Information Act to find that more than 400 disciplinary cases have been brought against inmates since the SCDC made “creating and/or assisting with a social networking site” a level-one offense in 2012, and the penalties are harsh, with one inmate receiving more than 37 years in isolation for 38 posts on Facebook.

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