Solitary Confinement Is Cruel and Ineffective

It was the first time I was five years old to remember being kicked out. I remember being afraid, lonely and angry at the same time. My time is only a short time, but they feel like a lifetime. Now you can imagine even a week, months or even years. This is the strategy used in the prison system to punish bad behavior. Sitting prone imprisonment was trapped in a cell that can be seen 23 hours a day without human intervention. Time when human thoughts can be alone.

The United Nations has widely condemned the use of isolated detention and the United Nations condemns any imprisonment of more than 15 days, "cruel and inhumane and torturing torture." Under 18 years of age On the use of solitary confinement for people of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture issues recommended a full ban.Between 2007 and 2013, the proportion of solitary confinement in New York prisons increased by more than 60% There are reports that nearly 27% of the prisoners of children are isolated Issued on September 5th I participated in the voting of the court and carried out solitary confinement for young people in the county prison. I have the chance to talk before and quote the story of Kalief Browder.

As AFSC Arizona reports about Super Max, "Personal imprisonment in Arizona prison and prison", "The position of the American Friends Service Committee is that the long-term solitary confinement in any situation is invalid and inappropriate "AFSC carries out a nationwide STOPMAX event.

In recent years, the use of solitary confinement at domestic prisons, prisons and juvenile retention centers has become controversial. Many countries and international organizations treat long-term isolated detention as cruel, inhuman and degrading treatments and are harming individual health. NCCHC states that the use of solitary confinement in the United States has increased significantly over the past 25 to 30 years in a statement of opinion on the response of prisoner abuse of orthodontic medical workers. According to the statistics of the Ministry of Justice, one day, about 80,000 prisoners are isolated in state and federal prisons. 1 Isolation may last from several days to several years, even decades. It may occur in "Supermax" prisons, special houses in prisons or prisons.