Should the US put prisoners in Solitary confinement

1.In a book I have read, it states "They have no interaction or eye contact with inmates or staff, Twenty-Three hours a day cell confinement in a sound proof cell, One hour of recreation alone in walled recreation area slightly larger than a cell, Twenty-fours hour electronic surveillance, No interaction or eye contact with inmates or staff, Strip searches whenever a prisoner leaves a cell, At least two correctional officers must accompany the prisoner when moved. (Masters, p.343)" Therefore I can conclude that do. 2.I agree with you it"s not so much beneficial but it is better for the other inmates and prisoners to not deal with the inmate put into solitary confinement. For the simple fact that, that threat of violence is not there no more. I disagree that there mental state can already be questioned due to the fact that they committed some kind of act that got them landed in there. I disagree because we do not know what happened that got them into that place. Even self-defense can even put you in prison because they can"t believe you. Even the falsely accused who end up in jail as well. You have yet to consider the circumstances that landed that individual in there. 3.As I stated before it"s not all the time that there are in a bad state of mind. Some inmates may already be naturally violent or suicidal and when putting them in solitary confinement it"s only making matters worse for when they are released from solitary confinement. Back in the 20th century many inmates were thrown into solitary confinement for only a few days or weeks at a time. Nowadays these inmates get put into solitary confinement for years which causes these mental complaints. 4.Maybe they are being like that to protect themselves. Let"s say someone was to get locked up for having drugs on them or an ounce of weed. Technically speaking they are not hurting anyone and they did not kill anyone. When they go to jail even if their intentions aren"t to kill or they are just not about that life and they do. Wouldn"t you take into consideration what has occurred. Many people go to jail for a lot of different reasons. Usually when someone new goes to jail they are like the prey. All the old inmates come in thinking they can run them and try to hurt them. One is going to act in a way that they was given. Our nature reaction is to fight back when being attacked. Now why would you label them as trouble and being dangerous. 5.Yes they may worry about their safety too and if there is a specific inmate causing trouble or is a threat to cause one of them harm they would want to separate that inmate. Although them separating that inmate which is causing temporary relief what happens when they are released? We are going to sit and pray they don"t come out with any mental health concerns which will even heighten the chances of more trouble and causing harm to others and themselves. 6.I don"t agree with you because solitary confinement is "isolation that denies the basic human need to interact with others" (Masters, 2011, p. 497). They are being denied to celebrate with others. Where is the interaction? Is that being met? Inmates still get there food you right but like an animal in a tray through a looked food port. And when it comes to "their outside in the sun and fresh air", in fact they are having One hour of recreation alone in walled recreation area slightly larger than a cell. 7.It is true that solitary confinement is expensive to build, maintain, house and manage but why would you waste money on that when there"s other things we should be building such as educational things liken schools, hospitals, math centers etc.. You can"t put a price on that. You can just easily leave them in their cells, are they hurting others in their own cell? I think not. 8.Although it can make them think twice and start talking to themselves and start seeing things. Which in fact will drive them crazy and can lead to schizophrenia. That would make me think twice of putting someone into that. 9.Unfortunately I disagree. It"s similar to your other 8th premise, it may make them think twice and while thinking twice they would be driving themselves crazy. They would begin asking themselves questions, making and create scenarios in their head, thinking someone out to get them, thinking that they have an imaginary buddy in there. It"s just a number of things that can happen along with just thinking twice about doing something that can land them in solitary while they are in solitary. Solitary does not necessarily make their behavior better. 10.Yes prison itself is a depressing place, just as when you have a heart break, your dog dies and home alone and bored. That"s depressing too. That does not justify someone going in healthy and coming out with a health concern that was basically handed in a platter in solitary confinement.