HARMFUL IMPACT OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT.
December 2020:
"On a given day last year, an estimated
55,000 to 62,500 people had spent the
previous 15 days in solitary confinement in
state and
federal prisons,
often in cells smaller than a parking space.
Correctional officials often defend their frequent use of solitary confinement as an effective means of maintaining order and deterring violence and gang activity. But this
reliance on solitary ignores the
abundance of studies demonstrating the harmful and often long-lasting effects it wreaks on the human mind and body."
FURTHER DOWN:
"The
effects of
solitary confinement on
mental health can be
lethal. Even though people in
solitary confinement comprise
only 6% to 8% of the total prison population, they account for
approximately half of those who die by suicide."
And there is more - quite educational to read.
I don't think we are talking about
15 days where Richard Allen is concerned - there is a difference between being kept
safe for one's own protection and someone being
confined in a
prison within a prison for
months on end (A-Pod) with
limited access to anything in a highly stressful environment (maximum security prison).
I feel it would be
detrimental to anyone put in the same situation.
15 days is one thing, but months on end is quite another.
Link:
Solitary Confinement Long Lasting Harm.