Should the US put prisoners in Solitary confinement

1.Okay it may not always be the case but it does occur and it many other states as well. 2.Let me paint you another picture, not anything that"s fabricated either. In an article I read that inmates who are sent to jail often are like fresh meat to those are already incarcerated and that"s when the problems occur. They are either looking for someone to prey on, or the other inmates feel and have establish that it"s their home and they better not come in trying to run things. That alone is enough to send someone to solitary confinement because the problems are with that inmate and although you haven"t done anything, the moment you defend yourself it goes left and next thing you know you are in solitary yet you have not done anything wrong. That does not necessarily mean that they disobeyed the rules because they haven"t. How would you stop a conflict that you have yet to say or do anything or even look, and then it gets physical? Yes solitary confinement is detrimental to their mental state, but you can"t say that these inmates already go in with suspected mental issues because if that was the case they will go to mental hospital. If they were put into prisons rather than the mental hospitals where they should be, even still they won"t be just put into solitary because they have not done anything wrong to be separated. Your only separated for really the worst of the worst kinds of acts, your stating that mental illness alone is a worst of the worst kinds of acts? 3.But you stated first that "3) As i stated before, i do agree that there can be negative effects on their mental states, but most of these inmates going into solitary are already in a bad mental state which can be dangerous to the people around them" implying that the ones already in a bad state should be in solitary. So how can you say now that if they are in a bad state of mind they should now be in a psych ward. I also disagree with you saying that inmates average time is 48 days. There are two types of solitary confinement if you haven"t known, as mentioned in the article (Weir, 2012). One is disciplinary segregation and the other is administrative segregation. The difference between the two is disciplinary is for a week or two while being used for petty situations. For example, hypothetically speaking an inmate steals from another inmate such as a radio. Disciplinary is usually a set sentence in solitary confinement. Administrative segregation is for those inmates who pose a higher threat and it is for months or years. Weir also mentioned: Though critics contend that administrative segregation has never been proven to make prisons safer, use of this type of confinement has continued to rise. "Prisoners in low and medium security jails are often thrown in the SHU for "just" a few days. But in maximum security prisons, individuals in solitary are held on average for five years, and there are thousands of cases of prisoners who have been held in solitary confinement for decades."(George Dvorsky) 4.Yes it very much so has lots to do with them being put in solitary, since you want to state that they already have some kind of suspected mental issue since it land them in prison period which is false. You are right it is their behavior that landed in solitary, No one is saying that it isn"t. All the systems are flawed in every given way, but why would you separate someone for instance using self-defense? 5.If it"s has been proven to be no different than other confinements how about you just leave them there, or in their original cells? 6.Not looking into the circumstances that lead them in that predicament again. It denies the basic human need to interact with others so not everything is "still being met". The walled recreation area is not outside so it is not being met, communication; where"s the basic human need to interact? 7.Keeping them in their cells is a better way, the chances of them developing mental health issues are very slim in that. Since they would just see others out and they are just locked in their cells watching others do what they wish to do. You are right a disciplinary system needs to be in place but you wouldn"t pay them any mind just like you don"t in solitary they are just caged in watching others do what they wish them can do. So the corrections officer watch over the others not them because they do not need too. Being out numbered will always be the issue then even if they were in solitary or caged in their cells. 8.And you right, Glancy also discussed how researchers have examined about 40 inmates that are in solitary confinement in a United States prison. They interviewed the prisoners with open-ended questions to try and evaluate their mental health on a variety of subjects. After interviewing the inmates and touched on many kind of subjects that were confrontational, each of them had presented undeviating mental complaints. 9.In an article it stated that solitary in fact has lasting effects, "Human beings are social creatures. Without the benefit of another person to "bounce off of," the mind decays; without anything to do, the brain atrophies; and without the ability to see off in the distance, vision fades. Isolation and loss of control breeds anger, anxiety, and hopelessness." (George Dvorsky) Back then in the 1820s it was believed that isolating and separating the prisoners would be rehabilitative and that it would make them seriously think about their behavior and their crimes while distanced from negative external influences. Solitary Confinement was perceived as a socially and morally progressive way to deal with punishment but throughout time it has been proven to make things worse. So although prison does not make it better, solitary is restricted of all that the regular inmates have. SO yes it may make things worse being in solitary. It may make them see "Oh I can still be punished within this punishment" but it has been proven to be no different than the general confinement. 10.But in the general prison they have TV, others to interact, "Play time", activities, they can even work. They have more things they can keep their minds distracted.