There are many things wrong with solitary confinement. Solitary confinement is when prisoners are put in a small cell, by themselves, for 22-24 hours a day. There are many downsides to solitary confinement, some of them being: the overall health of the prisoners, the fact that, once released, prisoners are more likely to re-commit a crime more violent, and many more. Solitary confinement does have some good things about it like safety for both the prisoner, other inmate, and the staff, etc. While solitary confinement is good, it is bad for many reasons such as, psychological effects, prisoners are more likely to re-commit a crime this time more violent, and the cost of running it.
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The purpose of solitary confinement is to correct the corrupt minds and actions of the inmates. Research has shown that once an inmate gets out of solitary confinement, they are more likely to commit another crime, but this time it would be more violent. It really is all inmates, that once they are back in their civilian life they are more likely to commit another crime. So, what is the point of all these levels of prison and extreme conditions if they are just going to turn around and do it again? (Neyfakh, “Ex-cons back in prison”) “A 2001 study of recidivism in Connecticut found that prisoners who had been held in solitary confinement were about 50 percent more likely to be rearrested within three years than those who had not” (Vera, “Ending Solitary Confinement”). Like one of the guys from Central Park Five, he was imprisoned for the crime he did not do, then he was imprisoned after his release for things like selling drugs. Solitary confinement should be fulfilling its job as a correctional space but it is really just draining the pockets of the …show more content…
High security prisons have Custom weapons and are built with materials that you can not buy off the street. “This concrete is probably twice as strong as what people have in their driveways at home”(Watson, “Highest Security Prison In The World”). Large prisons also require enough staff to operate it. With a large amount of staff comes the expenses of paychecks, uniforms, weapons, etc. Not only does a large amount of money go into the staff, but also the construction of the cells and the prison. The cells need to have strong glass and bars on the windows, they need to be made in a way that they can not be dug through or escaped in other ways. They also need to be safe in case a prisoner decides to commit suicide or harm a guard, there can not be anything in their access for them to do that. In addition to the above mentioned things they have to tend to prisoners need, like medical or anything out of the ordinary food and clothes. “Tamms Supermax (in Illinois) typically holds fewer than 200 prisoners at a time, costing about $62,000 per inmate each year — about three times the statewide average” (McClelland, “High Cost of High Security”). There are many more reasons, other than the ones mentioned above, as to why solitary confinement is not always the best idea.
There are some good reasons to use solitary confinement but it is not always the best idea. It has lasting psychological effects, they will most likely commit
What is solitary confinement? Solitary confinement, by definition, …show more content…
The purpose of solitary confinement is to correct the corrupt minds and actions of the inmates. Research has shown that once an inmate gets out of solitary confinement, they are more likely to commit another crime, but this time it would be more violent. It really is all inmates, that once they are back in their civilian life they are more likely to commit another crime. So, what is the point of all these levels of prison and extreme conditions if they are just going to turn around and do it again? (Neyfakh, “Ex-cons back in prison”) “A 2001 study of recidivism in Connecticut found that prisoners who had been held in solitary confinement were about 50 percent more likely to be rearrested within three years than those who had not” (Vera, “Ending Solitary Confinement”). Like one of the guys from Central Park Five, he was imprisoned for the crime he did not do, then he was imprisoned after his release for things like selling drugs. Solitary confinement should be fulfilling its job as a correctional space but it is really just draining the pockets of the …show more content…
High security prisons have Custom weapons and are built with materials that you can not buy off the street. “This concrete is probably twice as strong as what people have in their driveways at home”(Watson, “Highest Security Prison In The World”). Large prisons also require enough staff to operate it. With a large amount of staff comes the expenses of paychecks, uniforms, weapons, etc. Not only does a large amount of money go into the staff, but also the construction of the cells and the prison. The cells need to have strong glass and bars on the windows, they need to be made in a way that they can not be dug through or escaped in other ways. They also need to be safe in case a prisoner decides to commit suicide or harm a guard, there can not be anything in their access for them to do that. In addition to the above mentioned things they have to tend to prisoners need, like medical or anything out of the ordinary food and clothes. “Tamms Supermax (in Illinois) typically holds fewer than 200 prisoners at a time, costing about $62,000 per inmate each year — about three times the statewide average” (McClelland, “High Cost of High Security”). There are many more reasons, other than the ones mentioned above, as to why solitary confinement is not always the best idea.
There are some good reasons to use solitary confinement but it is not always the best idea. It has lasting psychological effects, they will most likely commit