Imagine being a 16-year-old boy in jail. A fight breaks out and you are transported to solitary confinement. The Room is small you can barely move around. You have been in solitary for months or even years. You start to develop symptoms such as difficulty sleeping, Suicide, Insomnia, mood swings and withdrawal. These are some of the things our youth must deal with daily.
Many statistics have shown if a person isn’t mentally ill when entering an isolation unit, by the time they are released, their mental health has been severely compromised. Many prisoners are released directly to the streets after spending years in isolation. There are more than 80,000 men, women, and children in solitary confinement in prisons across the United States, according
Many statistics have shown if a person isn’t mentally ill when entering an isolation unit, by the time they are released, their mental health has been severely compromised. Many prisoners are released directly to the streets after spending years in isolation. There are more than 80,000 men, women, and children in solitary confinement in prisons across the United States, according