The Living Death of Solitary Confinement

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Mon, 08/27/2012 - 12:00am
Solitary Confinement destroys human reality
Iven Hale reads an essay by philosopher Lisa Guenther on "The Living Death of Solitary Confinement" on how forcible isolation destroys the capacity to understand the world, can lead to prisoners losing touch with reality, and fails to provide the opportunity and obligation to explain oneself to others.

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