The video of isolation in the prison is disturbing to me. The guy giving the tour dances around "most prisoners consider this punishment". When in fact, that's how this is used - and prisoners who have behavior disorders and borderline mental illnesses will get them in check mighty fast if they think they'll be sent to "the hole" as it's referred to in some women's prisons.
I think in the future, we'll see isolation in prison, when used to "protect" a prisoner from other prisoners, will be seen as being as barbaric and inhuman as freezing baths or straight jackets in mental institutions.
Texas has a new movement in prisons, under the direction of Brad Livingston, to prevent sexual harrassment and rape of prisoners that has basically been a mainstay of prison life in the US, and moving toward isolating offenders who assault other prisoners rather than isolating the ones who are the victims of assault.
Putting someone in isolation with no stimulation whatsoever than those exercise videos, and with no human contact whatsoever, is counterproductive to anything except having something so awful to punish incarcerated people with that they will behave. It's no place to put someone who is not streetwise and can't protect himself from assault by other offenders.
I think in the future, we'll see isolation in prison, when used to "protect" a prisoner from other prisoners, will be seen as being as barbaric and inhuman as freezing baths or straight jackets in mental institutions.
Texas has a new movement in prisons, under the direction of Brad Livingston, to prevent sexual harrassment and rape of prisoners that has basically been a mainstay of prison life in the US, and moving toward isolating offenders who assault other prisoners rather than isolating the ones who are the victims of assault.
Putting someone in isolation with no stimulation whatsoever than those exercise videos, and with no human contact whatsoever, is counterproductive to anything except having something so awful to punish incarcerated people with that they will behave. It's no place to put someone who is not streetwise and can't protect himself from assault by other offenders.