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Daniel Mears

Use of solitary confinement in America’s prisons criticized

Global Politics

Solitary confinement was designed to separate volatile inmates from the rest of the prison population. Today however, many prisons exploit solitary confinement as a tool of punishment, critics say. Recent high profile cases and policy changes in Mississippi have shed new light on solitary.

Incarceration in America: Rethinking Solitary Confinement

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