A prisoner in Virginia was kept in solitary confinement for almost 2 years, and it made him severely mentally ill. For instance, he can no longer communicate in English, only mutter unintelligibly. And he cannot recognize his mother any more.

This makes me think of the terribly sad ending of the great movie, Brazil.

The nastiest part is the fact that prisoners in solitary in Virginia that can't communicate in written English can _never_ get out of solitary. What kind of fool cannot recognize the injustice of this?