Solitary confinement condemns many prisoners to long-term health issues

Medical Express ^ | October 8, 2021 | Katja Ridderbusch

[T Ruth]

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Research has long shown that solitary confinement—isolating prisoners for weeks, months, years and sometimes decades—has devastating effects on their physical and mental health. Once released, either to the general prison population or to the outside world, they can face a suite of problems, like heart damage and depression. They're often hypersensitive to light, sound, smell or touch. Like Winn, they may struggle to read social cues. People, Haney said, "become a source of anxiety rather than support."

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In the so-called Mandela Rules, named for the late South African leader Nelson Mandela, who was imprisoned for 27 years, the United Nations associates solitary confinement lasting longer than 15 consecutive days with a form of torture. More than half of all U.S. states have introduced or passed some type of legislation restricting or regulating the use of solitary confinement—like limiting the practice for juveniles, for example. But it is still widely used in American jails and prisons.

Inmates in solitary typically live in a small cell for up to 23 hours a day. They have little sensory stimulation, like sunlight. Access to reading materials, educational programming and personal property is limited or nonexistent. Prisoners may get one hour in a recreational yard, an equally isolated area typically enclosed or surrounded by concrete walls, with a secured high window that opens for fresh air.

An analysis by researchers with the University of Colorado and Human Rights Watch suggests that more than half of all prison suicides occur in solitary confinement. A study conducted by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene found that the rate of self-harm among those in solitary is 10 times that of the general prison population.

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[T Ruth]

Apparently some January 6 protestors are still being held in solitary confinement even pre-trial. If true, that is an outrage.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Research has long shown that solitary confinement—isolating prisoners for weeks, months, years and sometimes decades—has devastating effects on their physical and mental health.

Duh.

That's why they impose it on the people they hate.

[Veggie Todd]

[Kevmo]

The time for libtards is one day, released on OR. The time for conservatives is now... so far... 8 months solitary.

Your meme suqs big time. The average would be 240 days versus 2 days, hence your meme suqs 240/2 =~ 120X.

Don’t post the meme if you don’t know the theme.

[Fungi]

The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution states: “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” Exactly. Liberals have no scruples with laws—as long as it does not favor them.

[Marko413]

But telling everyone to work from home for the rest of their loves is perfectly okay for everyone.

WFH is fine for some, but most need to be careful about it. Extroverts will more often hate it, but introverts will be like a frog in boiling water. I see it on many teammates who insist they love it. They have slowly been descending into depression because they dont think to get out once in a while.

[T Ruth]

Pre-trial, you haven’t done the crime.

[Kevmo]

240x is not excessive for thee but is excessive for me. ~standard libtard response

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I am reminded of Kirk Douglas in THERE WAS A CROOKED MAN(1970) being in solitary confinement.

[Az Joe]

I would not hold my worst enemy or the worst enemy of mankind in solitary.

If you would then you are worse than whatever they are.

[AlaskaErik]

I know one guy who has spent almost his entire sentence in solitary. He’s been in prison since the mid 80s and he’s never getting out while alive.

[bdfromlv]

most in solitary confinements earned the slot in the federal and state prisons. the 1/6 political prisoners are innocent until proven guilty and are in effect being tortured extra judicially, after conviction one has to request solitary for security/physical threats etc. or disciplinary reasons for the safety of the others

[Rebelbase]

This is government compassion keeping the prisoners away from the COVID infested general population.

[Veggie Todd]

Please show me where the article says it’s about pre-trial. Because contrary to my tagline, I did read this one. Or do my reading skills “suq”?

[Kevmo]

Please show me how much time libtards do for the same protesting crime versus how much time Trump supporters are doing. It’s about 120X, which means your meme is 120x off. That’s how much your posting and reading skills suq: 120X.