There are many forms of torture, but have you ever thought of solitude confinement as one? In the ted talk “What happens to people in solitude confinement” with guest speaker Laura Rovner, she talks about the suppressed downside of solitude confinement.
It’s not often you hear that solitude confinement is pernicious to the brain and body. Being stuck in a prison cell the size of a bathroom for years on end is gruesome. It can damage your five scenes, often causing felons’ vocal cords to lack practice, resulting in only being able to talk for an hour before wearing out. Another result is losing eyesight, not being able to see faraway things because looking out the window only leads to cement and nothing farther than a few feet away. And to add on, imagine not seeing another human for years. You lose all social skills, and could even get a serious mental illness from being stuck alone for years. Many inmates attempt suicide, and some succeed.
However, you and I may wonder the same thing. How has this been hidden from us these whole years? That’s because the government has been belittling it, and making sure that no one knows about it. They have been gagging the officials, family members, and anyone who knows about it. Yes, you probably have heard the government talk about other countries are providing made prisons for their prisoners, but it seems like they are contradicting themselves. Why are they doing the exact same thing? I personally think that solitude confinement should be banned and the government should enlighten its citizens on things happening right under our noses.
Solitude confinement is not only hurtful to the inmates, but the government is tolerating it. Solitude confinement makes people forget who they even are! Solitude confinement is a form of torture through and through and should not be allowed in prisons. Prisons are created using our tax money, so we should know the output of our money. Let me put you on one more thought, could you be able to bear? To be stuck in solitude confinement for years, even decades?