Home confinement

The documentary, Solitary Confinement, really brings to light the issues that surround this old form of punishment. These tactics were used in the past, and then were eventually regarded as being cruel and inhumane. Somehow, the idea of solitary confinement has returned and is respected among many people. I believe that there are some people who do need to be put in solitary confinement and some who shouldn’t have to go through that psychological pain. The movie did shine some perspective on to me

to get inside-then things got crazy. Retrieved November 21, 2017, from http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/06/cca-private-prisons-corrections-corporation-inmates-investigation-bauer/ Shane Bauer is a reporter. He has reported on solitary confinement, police militarization, and the Middle East. He went undercover as a prison guard in one of Louisiana’s corporate-run prisons. He worked there for 4 months and documented his experiences. For this report he has won many awards. This article is

Solitary confinement can be considered as torture by several people due to the mental pain or suffering that is caused by it. But would solitary confinement be considered an unusual and cruel punishment to the point of violating the eighth amendment? Is torture considered a bad thing? Solitary confinement has been the only choice that the system could think of in order to reprimand those who have already done something wrong. Torture is often used for the purpose of having a positive outcome, which

security housing unit (SHU), special housing unit, segregation housing unit, “the hole”, solitary confinement, punitive segregation, and restrictive housing are all identical in relation to corrections. As the class lectures have pointed out, top facility officials have been reported to say that they do not have a solitary confinement unit, but since there are so many different names for solitary confinement, most facilities do actually contain these specialized units for their inmates. Correctional facilities

Wabash County Jail V. Miami County Jail Wabash County jail was built in 1979, making it older than Miami County jail by 30 years. This facility holds 72 inmates at full capacity while Miami County holds 240, making it significantly smaller in size. Despite the differences, there are some similarities involving housing, visitation, and environmental conditions. First and foremost, the housing in the Wabash County jail consists of multiple bunks while Miami County contains only one bunk and one

resisted the robbery, and Ian shot her. Ian pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole in an adult prison. The prison staff put him in solitary confinement in fear that he would be sexually abused by the other prisoners because of his inability to defend himself. Ian spent eighteen years in solitary confinement, with little break from his cell that was “the size of a walk-in closet.” At this point, and perhaps prior, many people would lose all hope. Ian had no family nor friends

Serious abuse case at Veilstone & Gatooma Care Homes in Devon. Residents at these two care homes have learning difficulties and physical disabilities. They were sent to the rooms against their will, as a form of punishment. The rooms were unfurnished with no heating and no toilet facilities. The rooms were known as the “quiet room” or the “garden room” residents were held in these bare rooms for hours or even overnight. One resident giving evidence said he was sent to the rooms 195 times with

For years the controversy over whether solitary confinement is considered torture or not have been a big issue. Solitary confinement is when prisoners are locked in a room with usually no windows, no bigger than a parking space, denied showers, phone calls, visitations and clean clothing (Washington Post). More than 80,000 men, women, and children are in solitary not including jails, juvenile facilities and immigrant detention centers (AFSC). Obama was the very first president to visit a federal

Pelican Bay State Prison in Northern California, is a supermax state prison and is known as the most notorious state prison. Segregated Housing Unit or the SHU came from Pelican Bay due to prisoners being isolated in solitary confinement. Supermax prison is where prisoners are held in extreme isolation, sometimes for years or decades. According to California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, “Pelican Bay houses approximately 1,170 inmates in the SHU.” During Craig Haney research that

harsh punishment resulting in solitary confinement. In light of reports indicating that prolonged solitary confinement produces severe psychological damage equivalent to experiencing torture, former American Indian Movement (AIM) leader Leonard Peltier demonstrates an exception by establishing a personal connection with indigenous spirituality. Despite how many inmates within the American prison system collapse under prolonged duress while in solitary confinement, the experiences described by Peltier