In the United States, the Bill of Rights is regarded as one of the most important documents of our nation’s history. An adaptation to the Constitution, the Bill protects its citizens from the government, giving us the freedom our country is notorious for. In our justice system, imprisonment is the deprivation of freedom, which is one of our essential rights. However, this practice is essential in keeping order in our society, and is necessary in protecting citizens from harm. While there are many flaws in the U.S prison system, one of the most harmful aspects is the use of solitary confinement.…
Relation of Fawcett’s Meta-Paradigm to the POI Jacqueline Fawcett developed a metaparadigm to define the discipline of nursing. Her goal was to ensure that nurses would be able to clearly communicate their role and the duties that they perform. Fawcett defined the nursing discipline as the study of relations between the following concepts: human being, environment, health, and nursing; she believed that these concepts were important and could help shape the discipline of nursing (Butts & Rich, 2015). The concepts are connected in a sense that a change in one affects the change in another.…
The article explores a comparison study on restraint related deaths (RRD) and excited delirium syndrome (ExDS) covering two time frames. The time frames used in the study were 1988-1995 and 2004-2011. Excited delirium syndrome is defined as a condition that discerns itself with symptoms such as extreme agitation, hallucinations, violent and bizarre behaviour, insensitivity to pain and feats of great strength (Mental Health Daily). The study looks at the use of restraints on people while in this state and specifically the effects on those that presented signs of ExDS.…
On 25 January 2016, Barack Obama’s “Why we must rethink solitary confinement” appeared in the Washington Post. In the article, Obama aims to persuade the readers to act on and improve solitary confinement for the betterment of the society. Solitary confinement is the practice of isolating people in closed cells with no human contact. The period of such confinements can range from days to months, even decades sometimes. Obama uses the techniques of personal anecdote, credible references, and logical use of data.…
Methods This will be a explorative research, as it appears during research that no one has taken to the to actually investigate the psychological effects of solitary confinement, other to interview prisoners who have spent time in such facilities. The experiment will be conducted in order to evaluate whether or not time in Solitary Confinement is associated with future diagnosed psychological issues amongst prisoners. In order to prove my hypothesis I will perform an experiment. The experiment will exclude individuals who are already suffering from psychological issues prior to being accepted as a subject in the experiment.…
Our prison systems in the United States seem to be under constant scrutiny and debate in some form or fashion. One specific topic that has been under quite a bit of heat is the discussion of solitary confinement. While many other countries have pulled the plug on this practice, American prison systems seem to be exploding in the opposite direction, increasing the number of inmates we maintain in solitary confinement at an alarming rate. This certainly leads to a rabbit hole of questions, but as we peer deeper into this form of imprisonment and break apart its layers, we can come to more educated opinions on whether or not solitary confinement is necessary, if change is needed, or if we should consider abolishing the practice as a whole.…
The mentally ill prisoner was isolated his cell for approximately eleven days. When the staff finally checked up on the prisoner, he was found face down, covered in feces, urine and he had a body temperature of 80.6. The mentally ill prisoner was transported to the hospital and died from hypothermia and cardiac arrhythmia(Smith, 2015, para. 36). The end results of this case brings light and awareness of issues of mentally ill patient who are incarcerated for minor charges. They end up in the hands of staff members who are not trained to deals with patients who are mentally ill.…
Jeffrey L. Metzner, MD .(Metzner) Humans are naturally social creatures. There are distinct patterns that show we are drawn to others. Even when two people walk together, and don’t know each other, they tend to walk at the same pace, in the same ways. When a person is in solitary confinement they are locked up most of the day and only allowed out for an hour to exercise.…
Haney 2006, found that overcrowding results in correctional administrators implementing policies and procedures that may enable instead of relieving problems that may occur within a prison environment. Unfortunately this trend is evident between mentally ill offenders, because they often face the difficult task of adjusting and conforming to correctional policies. Furthermore, when a prison is also facing overcrowding it can intensify these problems. Thus, considering that mentally disabled inmates tend to become irate and violent in overcrowded prisons, it has become routine to place these individuals in solitary confinement to separate them from others within the facility (Ball, 2014). But while the Supreme Court condemns long term solitary…
These prisoners are only let out of their cell for one hour a day; leaving them locked up the other twenty three hours. Correctional facilities rely on three different types of solitary confinement. These different “levels” are all based on the inmates behavior; which determines how long the prisoner is left in confinement. The…
Inside of correctional facilities across the world are individuals who continuously break the rules, who cannot seem to conform to societies norms or laws. Unfortunately, some of those same individuals continue to break rules while incarcerated, and what more punishment could there be than losing one’s freedom? Well for some, minor punishments can be administered in the form of being locked in their cell for a specific time, missing some of their recreation periods, or not being allowed visits. But when it comes to the more serious actions, for example staff assaults, there are far more serious consequences. One of these consequences is being placed in an isolation unit with minimal to no human interaction, a bed, a toilet, a sink, and one’s own thoughts.…
Isolation of a human can affect a person in a multitude of ways. Isolation has the capability of effecting a person mentally and the ability to impact a person physically. Isolation of people occurs in different situations throughout life. These situations range from kids growing up who are considered to be "different", to a patient in a hospital, or maybe even a prisoner in jail. Isolation not only has the power to drive a person to insanity, but also the possibility of deteriorating a person's physical health.…
Juvenile Justice: Mental Health and Solitary Confinement Kalief Browder was only sixteen years old when he was taken to the precinct in New York for allegedly stealing a backpack. He was detained at Rikers Island hoping to eventual return home soon. Little did Kalief know that he would not be returning home anytime soon. Instead of being home, he was often times kept in solitary confinement. Solitary confinement is likely to increase mental health issues such as anxiety, paranoia, depression and ultimately suicide ideations.…
The Treatment of Mentally Ill Offenders There is a major issue with the mental health treatment in our society. With much of America increasingly being diagnosed with a mental illness, it is still a much stigmatized disease. It is estimated that one out of every five Americans have been diagnosed with a mental disorder ranging from mild to severe. Yet, the extent of therapy and support programs available for the mentally ill is considerably insufficient. Deinstitutionalization ultimately had a negative impact on our society and was responsible in criminalizing the mentally ill.…
–Brian Nelson, served 23 years in Solitary Confinement. Enclosing inmates in isolated cells for extended periods of time with severe restrictions in privileges is a popular disciplinary tactic utilized in the North American prison systems, along with many other countries worldwide. While the utilization of solitary confinement remains prevalent, many individuals intensely oppose the practice. Typical conditions of solitary confinement…