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Behind the News: Prison and Public Health

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What Happens in Solitary Containment?

Solitary confinement is the human being's breakdown. We need a certain amount of social interaction and productive activity to maintain our mental health. With solitary confinement, what we have is a lot of psychosis of depression and suicide that happens because of the harsh conditions of solitary confinement. So it's like the system has multiplied the problems caun you describe what a typical day is like for someone in solitary confinement? I imagine the's not much variation from day to day. But what is it like? Basically, there's total idleness and total isolation.

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