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Even a week is too long, the effects on the brain can be measured by EEG within a few days, specifically a state of stupor and delirium. The psychological effec
by mallaidh 9y ago
Even a week is too long, the effects on the brain can be measured by EEG within a few days, specifically a state of stupor and delirium. The psychological effects are dangerous and permanent.
- nieksand 9y agoHow would you deal with an inmate that murders or rapes another inmate?
- mallaidh 9y agoIf you're implying what I think you are, that's still not justification for torturing the aforementioned person.
- Karunamon 9y agoAgreed. That's a good reason to keep people physically away from that person, but not a good reason to not allow basic socialization via remote. Even something as simple as IRC chat or video calling would do wonders.
- CobrastanJorji 9y agoProtecting inmates from a troublesome inmate can be accomplished without putting that inmate in a small, windowless room with no distractions by themselves for 24 hours a day.
- Noumenon72 9y agoBut after you've tried environmental design, incentives, threats, guards, and surveillance, then can it be accomplished without the small, windowless room? I'd guess not at a reasonable cost.
- TheCoelacanth 9y agoWhy would a small windowless room ever be necessary? How would an unarmed person harm someone from inside a normal prison cell?
- ars 9y agoYou should look at photos. Most prisons don't have single cells, they have large rooms with bunks, or they have shared cells with 2 or more people in each one. They should make cells that are tiny and fit one person - but have lots of opening and permission to talk to anyone around them. That way there is physical isolation, but not mental isolation.
- coldtea 9y ago>They should make cells that are tiny and fit one person - but have lots of opening and permission to talk to anyone around them. Actually there's no need for the cells to be tiny -- even if they are meant for just one person.
- ars 9y agoThat's not entirely true. If the cell was large people would attempt to get into them on purpose to get a private room. The cell has to be small enough that no one would prefer it over general. Additionally if the cell was larger then the number of neighbors each prisoner could interact with is reduced. But the goal is to give them the opportunity to interact with as many people as possible.
- dvtv75 9y ago> If the cell was large people would attempt to get into them on purpose to get a private room. I think that's a societal problem, not a prison design problem. > The cell has to be small enough that no one would prefer it over general. Why? Wouldn't it be sufficient discouragement just with the removal of your basic rights to go where you like and do what you want?
- Broken_Hippo 9y agoDesign the prisons so that folks have private showers and room to begin with. Make sure the environment doesn't invite such behavior. Treat the prisoners like humans. If it still happens, one can design a segregation unit that isn't as inhumane. One can lose a bit of freedom or gain some by not doing such things. Actual freedoms, like being able to move to a lesser security place. And so on.
- coldtea 9y agoWith non-solitary confinement. They can't kill anybody if they're in a normal cell by themselves next to the other cells -- and with stuff like tv, radio, books, internet, etc still available.