Solitary Confinement Borders on Cruel and Unusual Punishment Studies have shown that healthy people contract mental illness after being confined for a short period of time. For most people, this combination, along with the high cost of continuing the use of solitary confinement, is enough to stop the use of this type of incarceration and close strictly solitary confinement prisons. Others believe it is better to restore rehabilitation and medical care for inmates than to close prisons, because they are the main employer in the small towns in which they were built. Visual and auditory hallucinations, insomnia and paranoia, uncontrollable feelings of rage and fear. , PTSD, depression, and anxiety are associated with solitary confinement. The prisoner may generate irritation from routine noises, such as the closing and opening of his cell doors. This irritation pushes them to be violent and makes them more of a danger to security and other inmates. Experiencing these violent behaviors in solitary confinement is called special housing unit (SHU) syndrome. The majority of HUS syndrome symptoms are found in people who have experienced a major event that caused a big change in their life, most often a life-threatening situation that happened to them while incarcerated. there for protection, he may have been attacked by another prisoner or cellmate and reacted out of fear or anger, or seriously considered harming himself afterwards . In 2001, Human Rights Watch reported that "prison rape victims typically report nightmares, deep depression, shame, loss of self-esteem, self-hatred, and consider or attempt...to middle of paper... Source. Internet. November 21, 2013. “Prisoners’ Rights.” Problems and controversies recorded: n. page. Problems and controversies. Facts On File News Services, October 3, 2003. Web. November 21, 2013. “Lonely Conclusion.” Problems and controversies. Facts On File News Services, September 7, 2010. Web. November 21, 2013. “Loneliness is cruel and unusual. » Scientific American 309.2 (2013): 10.MAS Ultra – Academic edition. Internet. November 21, 2013. “Updated: Prisoners’ Rights.” » Problems and controversies recorded: n. page. Problems and controversies. Facts On File News Services, November 17, 2006. Web. November 21, 2013. “Updated: Juvenile Justice.” Problems and controversies recorded: n. page. Problems and controversies. Facts On File News Services, December 14, 2006. Web. November 21. 2013. .

Essay / Solitary Confinement Borders on Cruel and Unusual Punishment Studies have shown that healthy people contract mental illness after being confined for a short period of time. For most people, this combination, along with the high cost of continuing the use of solitary confinement, is enough to stop the use of this type of incarceration and close strictly solitary confinement prisons. Others believe it is better to restore rehabilitation and medical care for inmates than to close prisons, because they are the main employer in the small towns in which they were built. Visual and auditory hallucinations, insomnia and paranoia, uncontrollable feelings of rage and fear. , PTSD, depression, and anxiety are associated with solitary confinement. The prisoner may generate irritation from routine noises, such as the closing and opening of his cell doors. This irritation pushes them to be violent and makes them more of a danger to security and other inmates. Experiencing these violent behaviors in solitary confinement is called special housing unit (SHU) syndrome. The majority of HUS syndrome symptoms are found in people who have experienced a major event that caused a big change in their life, most often a life-threatening situation that happened to them while incarcerated. there for protection, he may have been attacked by another prisoner or cellmate and reacted out of fear or anger, or seriously considered harming himself afterwards . In 2001, Human Rights Watch reported that "prison rape victims typically report nightmares, deep depression, shame, loss of self-esteem, self-hatred, and consider or attempt...to middle of paper... Source. Internet. November 21, 2013. “Prisoners’ Rights.” Problems and controversies recorded: n. page. Problems and controversies. Facts On File News Services, October 3, 2003. Web. November 21, 2013. “Lonely Conclusion.” Problems and controversies. Facts On File News Services, September 7, 2010. Web. November 21, 2013. “Loneliness is cruel and unusual. » Scientific American 309.2 (2013): 10.MAS Ultra – Academic edition. Internet. November 21, 2013. “Updated: Prisoners’ Rights.” » Problems and controversies recorded: n. page. Problems and controversies. Facts On File News Services, November 17, 2006. Web. November 21, 2013. “Updated: Juvenile Justice.” Problems and controversies recorded: n. page. Problems and controversies. Facts On File News Services, December 14, 2006. Web. November 21. 2013. .

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