Behind the News: Prison and Public Health
Jacobin Radio
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Prisons and Solitary Confinement - What's the Problem?
There are no exact counts of the number of prisoners and solitary in the us. Estimates range from 50 thousand to 80 thousand, or even higher. As many as three hund thousand were put in solitary, allegedly for their safety. Here's an excerpt from an interview i did with a psychiatrist terry coopers on its effects if you take someone who is either mentally ill or on the verge of it, or vulnerable to becoming mentally ill,.
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