Earlier this month, we discovered that Josh Duggar is at the moment in solitary confinement in jail.

Regardless of the twisted nature of his crimes, it’s not for his safety. It’s a punishment.

Josh allegedly smuggled contraband into the jail. Particularly, a cellphone. One with which he might contact the surface world.

This isn’t Josh’s most popular kind of infraction — a minor one — however a significant violation. And the infamous creep might doubtlessly spend months in solitary.

As we reported final week, Josh Duggar is reportedly spending his time in SHU — the Texas jail’s “Particular Housing Unit.”

That is merely a proper, much less menacing identify for a controversial carceral follow: solitary confinement.

Jail authorities caught Josh in possession of a secret, contraband cellular phone. That could be a main no-no.

Proper now, we don’t actually know the way lengthy Josh goes to stay on this remoted confinement, reduce off from all social contact.

Along with the social deprivation, most SHU conditions contain very confined house. And there may be an accompanying lack of free motion and fundamental privileges.

When information of Josh’s jail violation first broke, many puzzled what number of days he would possibly spend in solitary. It seems that “days” is an understatement.

Studies from insiders — these with inside information of the federal jail in Texas and its workings — recommend that it could be weeks. And even longer.

One particular person whose relative is an inmate there sounded assured that Josh remains to be in solitary, per week later.

“Most people in there,” the supply shared, “have been in there for months.”

So … what determines how lengthy it will likely be earlier than Josh is as soon as once more among the many basic inhabitants?

Apparently, he could stay beneath confinement on this means till his disciplinary listening to.

Issues could possibly be significantly unhealthy for Josh. Whereas it’s unimaginable to really feel sorry for him, particularly, it seems that his circumstances could also be so unhealthy that we wouldn’t want them on anybody.

Whereas beneath SHU confinement, guests both fall beneath the “restricted” class or the altogether “disallowed” column.

In accordance with the Bureau of Federal prisons, inmates beneath these circumstances obtain solely “one phone name per thirty days.”

And the supply made it clear that issues are even worse for that at Seagoville.

Allegedly, issues there are “so unhealthy” that the regional workplace needed to look into “what was occurring” at FCI Seagoville.

“They’ve been holding prisoners within the SHU indefinitely,” the supply reported.

“Not letting them have DHO hearings,” the insider continued, “which allow them to know after they’re getting out.”

In accordance with what an inside supply has instructed The Solar, Josh Duggar might stay in SHU for months.

On the one hand, solitary confinement destroys psychological well being and prevents anybody who would possibly reform from reforming. We as a society ought to abhor and outlaw torture of any sort. Prisoners, we should bear in mind, are people too. Even when all of them had been responsible, they might nonetheless be folks.

On the identical time … Josh isn’t posterboy for folks going through injustice. His horrifying crimes show no ounce of sympathy for little women whose lives had been destroyed for his enjoyment. There are numerous examples of extra sympathetic, harmless victims of carceral cruelty.