Ashley Smith was always different than others. At the age of 5 days old, she was adopted by Coralee Smith and Herbert Gober. Even considering this, she had a pretty normal childhood. At about 15 years old, she had been to juvenile court 14 times. She was expelled multiple times, she was failing schools, she had just changed from that sweet innocent little girl that she once was. She was diagnosed with ADHD, learning disorder, borderline personality disorder and narcissistic personality traits. She was sent to New Brunswick Youth Centre and until 2007, she was sent around to 8 different institutions 17 times. In the three years that Ashley was at NBYC, she was involved with over 150 attempts to harm herself.
This case is sad, but it’s not uncommon. Inmates get treated poorly all the time, all around the world (except in Germany). Certain TV shows such as Orange is the New Black and Prison Break give us a small insight to how prison is, but they don’t show us the worst …show more content…
Solitary confinement is so damaging to the human psyche that it is actually where half of the prison suicides take place. Solitary confinement is so unnatural and causes a list of negative effects on inmates. They begin to hallucinate, have panic attacks, paranoia and have difficulty with concentrating, thinking and using their memory. There haven’t been many studies on human subjects regarding solitary confinement because no university will let that happen, but in 1951, a group of students were paid at McGill University to stay in a small room with nothing but a bed, to test sense deprivation. Originally, they were supposed to study these subjects for about 6 weeks, but none of them even lasted one week. They had lost the ability to think clearly and many of them began to hallucinate. They had to deal with affects such as these, after only one week. Inmates who stay in solitary confinement are usually in for way more than just a
This case is sad, but it’s not uncommon. Inmates get treated poorly all the time, all around the world (except in Germany). Certain TV shows such as Orange is the New Black and Prison Break give us a small insight to how prison is, but they don’t show us the worst …show more content…
Solitary confinement is so damaging to the human psyche that it is actually where half of the prison suicides take place. Solitary confinement is so unnatural and causes a list of negative effects on inmates. They begin to hallucinate, have panic attacks, paranoia and have difficulty with concentrating, thinking and using their memory. There haven’t been many studies on human subjects regarding solitary confinement because no university will let that happen, but in 1951, a group of students were paid at McGill University to stay in a small room with nothing but a bed, to test sense deprivation. Originally, they were supposed to study these subjects for about 6 weeks, but none of them even lasted one week. They had lost the ability to think clearly and many of them began to hallucinate. They had to deal with affects such as these, after only one week. Inmates who stay in solitary confinement are usually in for way more than just a