Solitary Confinement In Prisons
People are put in solitary confinement for a number of different reasons, but the most common ones are for those prisoners with mental illness. They are put in solitary confinement so that prison officials have an easier time dealing with their difficulties and dangers. This, however, is not the way to deal with mentally ill prisoners. The effects that solitary confinement has on a person reduces their quality of life down to absolutely nothing and they would be better off getting the electric chair. Solitary confinement is not an effective way of imprisoning humans because it does not accomplish the goal of prisons which is to reform prisoners to be a successful member of society. Solitary Confinement The Federal Bureau of Prisons states
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A scientist named Harry Harlow wanted to save money for his research by just breeding the monkeys he had instead of buying new ones. When the baby monkeys were born, Harlow thought it would be best if he followed what the hospitals were doing with their infants in that time of the mid fifties which was to give the monkeys food, a warm blanket, toys, and to keep them away from the other monkeys in their own isolated room to prevent the spread of disease. As the monkeys were growing up, Harlow and his team found that something was not right with the monkeys. Although they were physically strong and free of diseases, the monkeys seemed disturbed. They would “[stare] blankly and [rock] in place for long periods, [circle] their cages repetitively, and [mutilate] …show more content…
Both also had warming devices to make them seem more comforting. The baby monkeys became far more attached to the cloth mother than the wire mother and only their own mother. Even when spikes came out, they “waited patiently for the spikes to recede and returned to clutching it”. However, the baby monkeys remained distraught.
This experiment performed by Harry Harlow and his team is a great example of why solitary confinement should not be allowed because it shows the many irreversible damaging effects it can have on a person. Creating a being such as this is not what this society should be trying to produce. This society should only be promoting options that help the troubled and damaged population, not ones that only worsen the damage.
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A scientist named Harry Harlow wanted to save money for his research by just breeding the monkeys he had instead of buying new ones. When the baby monkeys were born, Harlow thought it would be best if he followed what the hospitals were doing with their infants in that time of the mid fifties which was to give the monkeys food, a warm blanket, toys, and to keep them away from the other monkeys in their own isolated room to prevent the spread of disease. As the monkeys were growing up, Harlow and his team found that something was not right with the monkeys. Although they were physically strong and free of diseases, the monkeys seemed disturbed. They would “[stare] blankly and [rock] in place for long periods, [circle] their cages repetitively, and [mutilate] …show more content…
Both also had warming devices to make them seem more comforting. The baby monkeys became far more attached to the cloth mother than the wire mother and only their own mother. Even when spikes came out, they “waited patiently for the spikes to recede and returned to clutching it”. However, the baby monkeys remained distraught.
This experiment performed by Harry Harlow and his team is a great example of why solitary confinement should not be allowed because it shows the many irreversible damaging effects it can have on a person. Creating a being such as this is not what this society should be trying to produce. This society should only be promoting options that help the troubled and damaged population, not ones that only worsen the damage.
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