A movement is underfoot attempting to make that argument.
From the Opinionator:
There are many ways to destroy a person, but the simplest and most devastating might be solitary confinement. Deprived of meaningful human contact, otherwise healthy prisoners often come unhinged. They experience intense anxiety, paranoia, depression, memory loss, hallucinations and other perceptual distortions. Psychiatrists call this cluster of symptoms SHU syndrome, named after the Security Housing Units of many supermax prisons. Prisoners have more direct ways of naming their experience. They call it “living death,” the “gray box,” or “living in a black hole.”
A recent Senate Subcomittee focused on this issue.
The committee was the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Human Rights, and Civil Rights.
Click here for the testimony before the committee.
This applies to future discussions about both the Constitution (US or Texas) and what it means (and how we figure that out), but the role of legislative committees in highlighting issues by having hearings on issues, and conducting oversight over executive agencies. That last part brings up checks and balances.
