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gbaikie — (archived)

"Discomfort does work. You could try:"

I doubt that discomfort does work. Can you provide any scientific evidence that discomfort actually works?
I think there are better ways of getting intel from prisoners, but first I question the basic premise that prisoners generally have useful intel- particularly as the weeks go by and whatever they actually know becomes staler.
Now, I'm not focusing on what actions are taken on the battlefield, I'm speaking of prisoners in a jail. The only thing as far comfort level goes is that you would want the prisoners in a area which could not be easily destroyed by the prisoners and unless there is a possiblity of getting useful intel form prisoners in a place which has moderate costs in order to maintain this living area for prisoners. If there was the good possiblity of getting intel from prisoner, I would think it was worth the cost of spending more money to provide better condition. So I think it's the opposite- comfort would work better than discomfort. And instead of punishing a prisoner with isolation, I would turn this on it's head and reward prisoners with isolation [privacy].

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