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> solitary confinement If the environment is so violent, why wouldn’t you want solitary confinement? (Is there a downside?)
by Siira 6y ago
> solitary confinement
If the environment is so violent, why wouldn’t you want solitary confinement? (Is there a downside?)
- runarberg 6y agoYes there is a huge downside. Solitary confinement is torture by every definition of the word torture. In fact I think every humanitarian organization has solitary confinement on their list of common torture practices. Excessive and prolonged solitary confinement will pretty much result in the death of the individual. The psychological damage inflected upon the victim will be so great that they will return another person (and not in the reformed sense). Humans are social animals, to deprive us of company for a prolonged periods is as dangerous to our health as depriving us of food. We need love to survive just as we need warmth.