them within prison, then release said animal into society is a recipe for disaster.
them within prison, then release said animal into society is a recipe for disaster.
After reading “The Cost of Solitary Confinement,” I agree that the use of solitary confinement should be abolished in prison. Before the reading, I have never heard of such a thing as solitary confinement. Once I started reading the story, I immediately thought this was a foul in wrong thing to be doing, and was flabbergasted that it was even existed in our prisons today. There are many different reasons that I agree with this, but I'm only going to be focusing on if you of them. First off, if none of you are familiar with solitary confinement is, I'll give you a little run down.…
The United States prison system is notorious for the way it treats its inmates. There are so many theories, and facts to back up the claim that the prison system is not working the way it was intended to be, and it continues to be a growing issue that the government is not addressing. Further, within the already complicated prison system, there is another issue. Solitary confinement, which was originally supposed to be used as a short term punishment within prisons, or jails, has now become an integrated part of prison life (Edge, 2014). Solitary Nation, is 2014 documentary highlights the damages that solitary confinement is doing to people (Edge, 2014). Individuals whom have not shown any signs of degrading mental health come out of segregation, or as the inmates call it, “seg,” disturbed (Edge, 2014).…
Solitary confinement needs to be eradicated not only because it changes peoples’ brains but also because it has an indelible effect on a person’s “whole person”, their essence. Hard Rock’s treatment, which is now illegal, is no different than modern day prisoners’ treatment. Both treatments yield the same thing: distortion of the mind and in severe cases, a disabling of it. Simply, these inhumane acts detract a significant amount of humanity from a person. It takes away dignity and self-awareness in some cases. It plagues the youngest, troubled, testosterone- fueled inmates with senescence. This is beyond cruelty, this passes into the realm of evil, exorbitant torture. Why is torture acceptable in today’s society? Is the government really…
Isolation is a broken framework that was resolved to be inadequate and destructive in the 1800's but is still utilized today. It doesn't bring down detainee animosity, in truth it appears to raise it. Reprieve Global's calls for abrogating the practice additionally highlight the issue. Singular ought to be controlled, utilized less every now and again, and for shorter periods of time. Consolidating this with utilizing elective techniques to begin with, ought to be useful to the jail framework and society all in…
Most people understand what solitary confinement from films or television shows that revolve around a prison. The prisoner is sent to a cell where they have zero human interaction, unless it is with the prison guards escorting the prisoner for vital human needs such as eating, which is also done alone. It is a punishment for the inmates that have been deemed unsafe to have around the normal population of the prison, or have done something wrong that caused the prison to send them to solitary to punish the prisoner for what they have done. I was originally someone who believed something such as this may seem simple enough to understand and was a humane way of dealing with a problematic prisoner, when in reality, it is much more traumatic for…
We don’t know enough about rehabilitation for prisoners but we do know that locking them up and not giving them enough to keep themselves occupied is not a recipe for success on the outside.…
One of the worst forms of violence Assata endured was being kept in solitary confinement without a particular motif. This forced inertia manifested itself physically in Assata. She states: “I have always been an active and restless person, and being locked up in that little cage all day drove me wild. I needed to stretch my legs. I started to run around the cell.…
The decision from Mayer Bill de Blasio to end solitary confinement for juvenile inmates in New York City may be the action needed to lead to a more humane treatment of the incarcerated. Solitary confinement has often been argued that it falls against the constitutionally given right to not be subjected to cruel and unusual punishments. Subjecting juveniles to this kind of treatment, makes it an even more controversial topic. Because solitary has the reputation of degrading the human mind, juveniles, who already have a delicate mental imbalance, are likely to suffer more as they go through the daily “23 hours” of depressions, hallucinations, and desperations that are caused by solitary. It can also be disputed that solitary can be for the juveniles’…
Prison experiences are shared by those who spent much time behind the bars and most of the experiences shared exemplify how cruel the prison system really was showing that no rehabilitation was occurring due to an excess in punishment. The Los Angeles Times published an article, “Cruel and Usual Punishment in Jails and Prisons,” in which ex-prisoners were interviewed and shared stories of their time in prison, many of which showed how corrupt prisons have truly become. The stories described prisons as appalling and cruel, one prisoner describe being handcuffed every day to his bunk while he had to remain only in his underwear, another prisoner described how it was to live in a cell located directly under broken toilet pipes for weeks resulting…
This article talks about the lack of research done on jail isolation. It also looks at the potential repercussions of the practice of isolating inmates and how isolation as a tool so becoming more and more common with time. The paper goes into detail about one specific jail, Rikers Island, which has been accused many times of participating in controversial practices relating to rape, neglect, and corrupt officers. Lurigio uses Rikers Island as an example for much of his argument. The studies done at Rikers Island and the scandals that have come out of it act as Lurigio’s evidence. The article also addresses the risk of serious harm that isolated confinement is known to represent. Lurigio believes isolation possesses a serious threat to the…
I read the story “The Bet”, during my research I found an article called “The wrong box: our prisons' use of solitary confinement is inhumane.” Although, the sceneries are different the outcome is the same. “In truth, modern solitary confinement drains more than life: It drains away the self” (Heffernan & Wood, 2015). On the one hand, a young lawyer willing to bet his freedom, and on the other hand jails where solitary confinement is used as punishment and even to protect vulnerable prisoners. The bottom line is that solitary confinement has devastating consequences to the human psyche and society (Heffernan & Wood, 2015, p.…
The inmates in solitary confinement are denied of their basic needs. According to “10 Brutal Realities of Living in Solitary Confinement” Solitary Confinement is very unsanitary and inhumane. They are denied basic needs like from showers and medical attention The guards are not following their end of the law. These inmates are treated like slaves because they made one big or small in their lives. This is the final reason to why solitary confinement is cruel and unusual…
Built in 1829, the first solitary confinement prison was the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia. It was inspired by Quaker philosophy: penitence and reform through isolation. The idea was to put people back in touch with their own true self to incite a natural process of self-reformation. They would be in their cell, with a view of the sky, as if to be in touch with God. In its time, Eastern State Penitentiary was the most technologically advanced prison in the world. As time passed, problems started presenting themselves. Instead of being reformed, many inmates were physiologically ravaged. Some were completely withdrawn, and others displayed increasingly violent behavior. Statistical evidence showed that the rates of suicide, death, and disturbances were so high that eventually the system fell apart. In 1913, solitary confinement was widely regarded as ineffective and was abandoned in most places around the world. (Solitary Confinement) Today, the United States is one of the few countries in the world that still employs long term solitary confinement in correctional institutions. (Solitary…
Solitary confinement is completely detrimental to juveniles, especially on their mental development. Placing juveniles in solitude has been linked to psychological and physical harm on the development of youths incarcerated. According to Elizabeth Rademacher (2016), studies demonstrate that solitary confinement of youth correlates with high rates of suicide, depression, and future criminal activity (p. 1026). The mind of a child continues to maturation until they are about twenty years old and placing a juvenile in prison during these developmental stages will have an adverse effect on them psychologically. In a 2016 study done by the department the Department of (DOJ) address the concern that confinement of juveniles even in the minimal sense will cause the child to develop higher levels of anxiety, depression, and paranoia.…
There are plenty reasons that solitary confinement should be changed based on research, but there is also many obvious reasons for it to stay the same. Most people would feel bad for someone just sitting in a jail 23 hours a day but you shouldn't. The reason that they are sitting in a jail for 23 hours a day is because they hurt or did something horribly bad. The only reason they are in jail is because of themselves. For whatever they did this is what they get as a punishment. The most important part of our days is being safe. And to leave these prisoners with others horrid thing may happen.…