After what Misty and Casey have gotten away with, supposedly in segregation, I don't hold much stock in "no contact with other inmates". I am a former jail nurse in our county jail, we had 10 cells in medical plus one padded room. Anyway, the inmates in medical would yak back and forth all day. Rare would be the medical unit (as JB describes) that had one cell unto itself (description reminded me as looking like Hannibal Lecter's place) with absolutely no other inmates around, ever. Because space is at a premium at any jail, IMO. I could be wrong, our jail at the time was small (800 inmates approx) and since I left there in 1989 they have built on much more cell blocks.
I have no idea how big or small the jail DP is at. Remember, we are talking jails, not prisons. I know prisons have medical units that are like mini hospitals.
I think this issue about whether DP has contact w/ others or not is important, and I don;t believe a word Brodsky says about the matter. I read in a link yesterday that he has no contact with the outside, just use of a computer, and I was like WHAT??? THAT can't be right, certainly DP is NOT allowed the use of a computer!!! If he is, I think we all should protest that aggressively!!!! JMO