The article begins with explaining the basis of an experiment of solitary confinement on mice and rats since “they share 99 percent of the same genes as humans” according to the article. This article begins to relate PTSD with the inmates who have stayed in long-term solitary confinement. Towards the middle of the article effects of solitary confinement is listed and explains that humans are “social animals”. At the end of the article, it ends with how local or state authorities have restricted the use of solitary confinement for juveniles all because of the Obama administration. In the Obama administration, it issued new rules for federal prisoners based on solitary confinement. In this article, it provides a better list of what inmates experience
