Convicted Ohio School Shooter T.J. Lane Escapes From Prison

[FrodosPet]

59. I guess I got bad info from watching "Orange Is The New Black"

And Wikipedia is wrong, as usual

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solitary_confinement#Solitary_confinement_in_the_United_States

In the US Federal Prison system, solitary confinement is known as the Special Housing Unit (SHU), pronounced like "shoe". California's prison system also uses the abbreviation SHU, but it stands for Security Housing Units. In other states, it is known as the Special Management Unit (SMU).

Current estimates of the number of inmates held in solitary confinement are difficult to determine, though generally the minimum held at any given time has been determined to be 20,000, with estimates as high as 80,000.

The inmate held in solitary confinement for the longest time in U.S. federal prison is Thomas Silverstein, in solitary since 1983. He now resides in ADX Florence federal penitentiary in Colorado.

The inmate held in solitary confinement for the longest time in the United States is Albert Woodfox, the last of the Angola Three, in solitary in Louisiana State Penitentiary since 1972. A May 2013 report on California's Pelican Bay State Prison in Mother Jones magazine also cites one inmate there who "recently marked his 40th year in solitary".

~ snip ~

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Same thing but different name?