It is not for me to argue with you on the merits or otherwise of the shocking carceral punishment meted out to him, save to hazard that, conventional wisdom suggests if you are in the habit of pulling the covers over your head, you may need an in-depth sobering reality check to rescue yourself from that harmful hibernation.
Whenever you think of penal institutions, what pictures immediately spring to your mind? An impenetrable fortress with razor barbed wire mounted on top of tall unscalable walls? High-security gates and doors? Uncountable motion detecting dome and bullet cameras? Has it never struck you as odd that, though we are made to believe prisons are meant to deter us from committing crimes, we are hardly ever shown their interior, unless of course in a movie or censored documentary setting! Since March 2020, officials have consistently harped the message of keeping our head down, but have you ever wondered whether COVID-19 protocols are observed in prisons? How many prisoners have contracted COVID-19? How many recovered? What percentage succumbed to the virus?
