Make a Comment • Email Link • Send Letter to Editor IPFS News Link • Contractors, Government & Military Undercover boss! 06-21-2014 • dailymail.co.uk New Mexico Corrections Secretary Gregg Marcantel spent 48 hours in solitary confinement at New Mexico State Penitentiary Marcantel wants to overhaul the state's prison system, including what he believes is an over-reliance on solitary confinement There is a policy of placing any prisoner who acts out in solitary, a measure put in place following the deadly 1980 prison riots 33 men were killed and 200 injured in the horrific events Marcantel says placing lesser criminals in solitary can result in prisoners re-entering society worse than before jail Eight inmates from solitary, some of whom had been there for years, are already being reintroduced to the general prison population Watch Streaming Broadcast Live: LRN.fm DLive Live Chat Telegram Share this page with your friends on your favorite social network: