I disagree quite strongly with this. Yes, 40 is a smaller number than 80,000, but those are 40 _people_ whose lives and sanity have been thrown away. Apparently the bar is low enough that this punishment can be applied to at least 40 individuals. Also, you compare to the US. Much of the world, advanced or not, has the bar set at zero.

I don't think anyone should be in solitary confinement so I don't think you disagree with me. I'm merely stating that the article wasn't wrong.