He is being put in solitary confinement for 7.5 years he was put there at the request of the district attorney in New York this place is so violent their considering shutting some of it down because the greater portion of inmates are mental and extremely violent. What crime did he commit that he needs to be confined in such a way.This is all about sending a message to Trump no more no less and its a power play I don't care if he's dem or republican this is above and beyond what our laws are supposed to do

Petty offenders both pretrial (not yet convicted of a crime) and convicted are sent to Rikers Island, yet Paul Manafort is "too good" for Rikers? Most criminals housed there, both pretrial and convicted are there for non-violent crimes and most are there for petty crimes where if something was stolen, it pales in value to the value of Manafort's ill gotten gains, yet Manafort isn't just as bad as the other criminals there? True, there are much worse criminals there than Manafort, but there are also criminals there that aren't nearly as bad as Manafort himself.

Gotta love how Republicans claim to be hardliners where it comes to criminals and criminality, but then if the criminal is a Republican, they should be let off easy. Where is this concern when a petty criminal gets charged and/or convicted? Why should white collar criminals that typically commit much greater value crimes get lighter sentences and better accommodations than petty criminals? Doesn't this encourage white collar criminality? If you can expect much lighter sentences and country club accommodations, what is the deterrent to committing these crimes? The white collar crimes tend to be far more rewarding, especially when you make a risk/rewards comparison than blue collar crimes yet blue collar crimes tend to punish with harsher sentences and much less comfortable accommodations. Where is the fairness? Is a white collar criminal any less guilty?