Persuasive Essay On Solitary Confinement

Four walls surround you, no windows just a large metal door locked from the outside. For entertainment you have a cot, a metal toilet and yourself. Your only social interactions are from the prison guard that drops off your food, even they are not supposed to speak to you. Maybe at first it is easy you can sleep, but for how long can you sleep. Then possibly you decide to entertain yourself; by talking to yourself, fantasizing and imagining a new reality. Of course before you know it you lose count of the days and lose track of time. It has been at least a week, maybe a few, it could not have been a month. But you cannot tell, time has moved on without you, the world has moved on without you. People have changed, technology has changed and the world has changed. Do you think this experience of solitary confinement on a long term basis would begin to affect you emotionally and mentally in a harmful manner? If so, would you wish it on a juvenile? For the past 18 plus years, these have been questions of the political agenda for reform. They have been ones to debate over because we need to define solitary confinement as a just punishment or a form of cruel torture. By current definition solitary confinement is the isolation of a prisoner as a punishment or for protection of themselves from others or the …show more content…
First, there is confinement for 22-24 hours a day. Second, restricted interpersonal interaction and reading material and personal property. Third, physical torture such as hog-tying, restraint chairs, and forced cell extraction. Fourth, “No-touch torture,” such as sensory deprivation, permanent bright lighting, extreme temperatures, and forced insomnia. Fifth, chemical tortures as in stun grenades and stun guns. Finally, sexual intimidation and other forms of brutality and