Jails and prisons are not fun places. In the US they are horrible depressing places. The people in there are harmed. Most people are in jails or prisons are there for unjust laws and sentences. A significant percentage are innocent. The entire system needs reform.
That being said, these people have been treated very well compared to others. If they were black, environmentalists, animal rights activist, hackavists, or anti-war activists they would have been treated much worse. If they were anyone else other than white conservatives they would have been gunned down.
