Nat Geographic..Solitary Confinement...Sunday Night
Today, more than 80,000 Americans are in solitary confinement. Explorer looks at the science of solitary and discovers what it means to be absolutely alone. We go inside Colorado State Penitentiary (CSP) and witness prisoners on the edge and the guards who watch over them. Then, we look at experiments on whether isolation dramatically alters behavior and ongoing new research on how solitary actually could cause long-term mental problems like paranoia, disorientation and delirium.
Read more: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/explorer/4819/Overview?source=fongcfeat1#ixzz0kNpR1F5B
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I have been watching the Nat Geo special on CSP. I am sickened and outraged that there is such a place in this great country. We pride ourselves on being a "leading" nation in human rights and social advancement, however, we hold on to a primitive, sub-human form of punishment that was deemed cruel and unusual 70 years ago in this country. Do they not see that they are creating a new form of criminal. A guy that might have been incarcerated for auto theft or dealing drugs has now been transformed into a mentally unstable, possibly violent person with criminal tendencies. None of the core reasons for being sent to prison in the first place have been addressed. What happened to Rehabilitation? How will a person who has been in solitary for an extended period of time get out the very next day and maintain a functioning place in society. This seems to me as a lazy way to deal with complicated inmates. We should all be concerned as one of these people might be standing in front of you in line at the grocery store tomorrow. Please unite for a reform in this policy within OUR prison system.
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