The research is clear – it’s bad for prison violence, terrible for inmates and poses increased risks for society.
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Terry A. Kupers, is a forensic psychiatrist, Professor at the Wright Institute, and author of Prison Madness: The Mental Health Crisis Behind Bars and... What We Must Do About It, and Solitary: The Inside Story of Supermax Isolation and How We Can Abolish It.
The research is clear – it’s bad for prison violence, terrible for inmates and poses increased risks for society.