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Irena: This is Irena Sean, a friend of Peter Mukuria also known as Pitt. These are some questions I had for him about solitary confinement. So, number one, how did it feel five years into solitary confinement in comparison to the first six months? Peter: Well, in 2012 was when I was initially put in solitary confinement under the most restrictive status in the state of Virginia. For prisoners in solitary, we were categorized in two different statuses, which determine the length of time one would spend in solitary. There is the special management (SM status). Those on this status typically are released from solitary confinement after a year and completed the step-down challenge series program. Then there is the intensive management, IM. Now those on that status were essentially doomed in solitary confinement. There was no clearcut pathway established for them to be released. One could have completed a step-down challenge service program, remaining fresh and free for years and done everything required, but it m