As part of the Guardian’s 6x9 project looking at life in a prison isolation cell,Gary Younge discusses the practice of solitary confinement in the US and considers the possible ways outBetween 80 and 100000 people in the US are currently in solitary confinement. They spend 23 hours a day in tiny cells with slight to no human contact.
Gary Younge takes a look at the practice of isolation in the US. We hear from those previously incarcerated approximately the conditions – a few books or papers allowed at a time, a metal combination sink toilet that sits next to their bed. Food is delivered twice a day through a metal slot in the door. The one hour allowed out is for exercise but that could be an equally small pen, and perhaps with barbed wire or covered at the top. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com