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Chapter 5 Discussions

Chapter 5 Discussions

Q 1. Does the consignment of many prisoners to solitary confinement reduce violence or gang activity in the prisons, or does it simply cause damage to those who are isolated?

Q Are the prisoners in isolation really “the worst of the worst”?

Q Do you believe that a prisoner should have constitutional rights, for example the right to defend him or herself at a disciplinary hearing and the right to be free of cruel and inhuman treatment?

Q In what ways is the situation of the prisoner with serious mental illness in solitary confinement like or unlike the situation of inmates in 1940s and 1950s asylums?

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Solitary confinement is one of the most notorious and inadequate approaches for a prisoner who is non-tolerable in a group. It would lead to lesser violence in prisons but would degrade the mental state to severe illness and disparity. It is very important to identify the cause of such unruly behavior rather than opting to isolate. Gang activities tend to be lesser in absence of entities that have lost control of emotions