Thousands Endure This Awful Punishment—But Change Is Coming


by YES! Magazine on Mar 31, 2014 | Views: 217 | Score: 0
Estimated Number of Prisoners (in thousands)
In Supermax Facilities25
Total in Solitary Confinement on a Given Day80
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YES! Magazine on Mar 23, 2014 7:36 PM said:

In the U.S., an estimated 25,000 people are held in supermax prisons, totally isolated for up to 24 hours a day, often driven mad by loneliness and boredom. The total number of people in solitary in a given day, in supermax prisons and otherwise, is much higher: 80,000+. For 6 Signs that Solitary Confinement Reform Is Coming, see: bit.ly/1jtmrG7