What part of your soul is missing that makes you think torturing others is OK to protect your economic interests?

I was an unpaid intern for a month and eventually was "hired", doing exactly the same job but actually getting paid. I did not understand the law or my rights, nor did I really care as I needed experience to become marketable. I know that working for free is wrong. My experience has left me with a permanent feeling of irrelevance and disposability. It is almost two years later and I am working salaried at another company, but I still feel this way. My entry into the professional workforce was possible because I allowed myself to be mistreated. Unless major changes are made to how our system works, I know that my continued employment is dependent on the same types of individuals who mistreated me in the past.

On a side note: I am male and the feminist ranting injected into the article felt forced and was both offensive to my situation and distracting to the subject matter. The author should stick to the topic on hand and not try to pull in another topic they are currently crusading for.

Has there been an attempt to classify solitary confinement as cruel and unusual punishment?