> > One ex-con of this sort opined to me that minimum-security
> > imprisonment is the most psychologically taxing form, as the one
> > preventing the prisoner's escape is the prisoner him- or herself.
>
>Had he tried the other kinds of imprisonment?
I wondered that too. I can't imagine it's more taxing than a Secure Housing Unit (SHU).
http://revcom.us/a/v24/1171-1180/1176/pelican.htm
Not to mention sentences at a minimum security facility are shorter than elsewhere.