Prisoner
Making The Case: Arguments For and Against Solitary Confinement
About 30,000 inmates in California are on hunger strike this week protesting the state’s solitary confinement policies and prison overcrowding. California holds some 4,500 inmates in solitary confinement and the psychological and emotional effects of years in solitary can be devastating. Some researchers liken its effects to those of post-traumatic stress disorder. Today we have […]
