This is the one, of course, that gives meaning to the word “segregation”, the limitations that are placed there. It says the inmate “has the same rights and conditions”--but it doesn't mention privileges--“of confinement as other inmates, except for those that...can only be enjoyed in association with other inmates”. This is the problem with administrative segregation, because it does have this isolating fact.
Administrative segregation for reasons of security you can understand. Without the presence of an independent adjudicator, you do end up having the possibility of major dissociation by an individual, the inability to maintain their social equilibrium and all of those things. Although it's stated in a positive way, it does make it difficult for individuals who have mental health issues or other problems that.... It's not a question of enjoying someone else's society; in many cases it's a necessity to have social interaction.
One of the other problems that we have with this is if you look at the clause as a whole, particularly on page 36, the clause says: “An inmate in administrative segregation has the same rights and conditions of confinement as other inmates, except for those that...cannot be enjoyed due to limitations specific to the administrative segregation area...”.
Now, that gets us back to this whole necessity issue--you can't do this because we don't have facilities for that. We don't have a television in our administrative segregated area, so therefore you can't watch TV. Well, why don't you have a TV there? Isn't that a reasonable thing to have? Well, we simply don't have one. End of story.
Is that the law that we want to have in effect for someone who is placed in administrative segregation? Not only are they deprived of---