Pentagon: Bradley Manning is not in solitary confinement, but in 'single-occupancy cell' --Pentagon: Manning not being humiliated By Josh Rogin 14 Mar 2011 Pentagon Deputy Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Media Operations Col. David Lapan wrote into The Cable Monday to take issue with our post on the resignation of P.J. Crowley and tell us that alleged WikiLeaks source Private Bradley Manning is not being held in isolation, is not subject to humiliation, and no longer has to sleep without his underwear... Here's what Lapan had to say about Manning's conditions: "Quantico is a military brig, not a prison, and it is not a maximum security facility. Manning, however, is considered a maximum custody detainee. He is not 'under isolation 23 hours a day.' Here are the facts of his pre-trial confinement: PFC Manning is not in solitary confinement. He has a single-occupancy cell, like all of the other detainees..."