Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. Constitution of United States of America 1789 (rev. 1992) Amendment VIII Imagine living in a room roughly the size of a parking space. A fully-grown man can reach out his arms and touch both walls at the same time. There is a sink that doubles as a toilet, and a bed with a concrete or metal base topped with a thin mattress. Your only access to the outside world is t