Solitary confinement often psychologically ruins inmates. Alongside only being admitted insufficient portions, you might as well kill them. "Not a life sentence" is a ludicrously broad term, even people with minor offenses would be penalised amongst mass murderers and rapists. It's almost a generalisation of crimes (and their punishments): all crimes are of the same level and therefore all crimes should be treated exactly the same. With smaller crimes (stealing something, maybe?) all prison serves to do is correct and rehabilitate the person until they can leave the doors again and not steal things again. Putting them on the brink of death seems not only stupid but pointlessly vindictive.
And why do you think most sophisticated countries have not adopted the death sentence? Because 100% evidential certainty is damn near impossible. In very few cases can you pinpoint the blame on one person, because there's the possibility that the court's judgement will be wrong, in the same way leaning back on two legs of the chair might result in you falling backwards and breaking your skull. And if the decision is incorrect? An innocent is dead, they cannot testify their position as an innocent in the case and you've still got the culprit roaming the streets.
I think your idea of carceral reformation and the introduction of capital punishment is badly thought out and, honestly, quite sadistic.
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