Because the US government has kept what happens inside jails extremely private, not many people know the torture that prisoners go through daily. I, along with Laura Rovner, a law professor, believe that criminals should not be put in solitary confinement as it is a form of torture. Rovner talks about a man, Tommy Silverstein who was put into this torment for thrity-three years for killing a corrections officer. Although some people may think that he deserves it after what he had done, there are several reasons why many people should not have been put in solitary confinement. To start, this form of torture can result in someone not even knowing if they exist anymore, which could damage their brain and thoughts. It can result in them going insane or committing suicide, which has happened many times. In addition, when put through this, criminals are not really in our world anymore, Most of them have not even seen a blade of grass or any living thing for years. However, there are several alternatives to this.
One option is to put criminals in a larger area with a couple of other inmates. Instead of steel walls and just a toilet and bed in their cage, they could add some other stuff that makes it less of a torture. Additionally, they could also put these people in jail instead of solitary confinement. If one is put through this torture, it may teach him a lesson, but no one in the world should deserve this sort of punishment.