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Prison Isolation is Torture, Ineffective, and Illogical

August 21, 2017 Andrew Clark Criminal justice, Imprisonment, Solitary confinement

Solitary confinement is, at its core, simply what its name suggests; being confined to solitude. Sometimes called disciplinary segregation, administrative segregation, or simply “the hole”, solitary confinement involves cutting a prisoner off from almost all human contact for 22-24 hours a day by placing them in a compact and barren

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