Dick Durbin actually said...

"It is torture, pure and simple, no matter what else we want to call it. I would like to think that we can all agree that our Constitution prohibits it."

"Too often solitary confinement is used not to control people who are truly dangerous to themselves or others but as a tool of control within an institution."

"Nowhere is the damaging impact of incarceration on vulnerable children more obvious than when it involves solitary confinement."

"I think it is incumbent on us to really try to establish a standard so that Americans feel confident that their personal information is being protected in a reasonable fashion."