Reply #86: She wasn't given a choice.

[Kat 333]

According to her lawyer, Richard Hutton ... Hilton in solitary confinement

"But the reality is this: if she were an ordinary citizen she would have been put in GP - that's called general population. In general population, she would be living in a dorm with 30, 40 or 50 other women and the time would pass pretty quick .

"But because of who she is, they had no choice - and believe me we are more interested in her safety than anything else - but they had no choice but to place her in administrative segregation. And that is the correct term for where she is.

"That means she is in a cell with less than 100 square feet <9.29 square metres>, she is in that cell 23 out of 24 hours a day, in solitary confinement.

"For the one hour a day that she's out, she's allowed to be in the 'module', take a shower and talk on the phone. But she's in isolation for 23 out of 24 hours a day. And ask yourself, for what? For driving on a suspended license, as a probation violation," he said in a rousing end to his address.


http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/paris-in-solitary/2007/06/05/1180809472438.html