Prison cells in the United States are usually 70 sq ft and include running water, but generally speaking prisons in the US don’t have private cells and its a barrack type situation, so generally amenities like showers, toilets, kitchens, yards, all of that is shared. If you were to look at the military its common for beds to be shared on ships and submarines due to space restrictions.

What I’m getting at is “what is the absolute minimum of personal space that should be considered a human right?” Is it none and we should try to promote communal living spaces or is there an actual number for how much sq ft is a human right? Should everyone have a private toilet/shower/fridge/stove/television/ect?

Is there a line to be drawn on this issue or should no line be drawn? Is personal space something we should be measuring objectively or subjectively?

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If someone is in a situation where they don’t have any of these things I think its a situation that requires immediate rectifying.

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Okay.

So, you’re working disaster relief. You will be sleeping in a tent, using communal shower/toilet facilities (however rudimentary), with little to no electricity outside of batteries.

You’re a soldier. You’re sharing about 50 square feet in an armored personnel carrier with a squad. No shower/toilet facilities. Electricity is going to be provided (if at all) from batteries or splicing into the vehicles power cables.

You’re a young college student who lives on campus. Communal bathing/toilet facilities and communal dining facilities. Shared sleeping quarters.

The expectation for all of these scenarios is that you’re not expected to live your entire life doing these things. At some point, the disaster you’re helping with will either be taken care of enough that you won’t be needed or will be rotated out of the duty. The same goes for doing soldier work. A student is expected to, at some point, get past being a student and moving on to actually doing something else.

Like I said, caveats.

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