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    Solitary confinement is a violation of the 8th amendment ban against cruel and unusual punishment. Prisoners suffer from psychological stress, and inmates are seven times more likely to hurt or kill themselves than inmates at large.

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    AmonHarley

    Hamline
    10/5/15

    IsSolitaryConfinementCruelandUnusual??
    By:AmonHartley

    Howwouldyoufeelifyouwereina80feetroomfor23-24hoursaday?In
    solitaryconfinement,yourroomis80feetbyaverage.Youspendupto23hoursaday
    thereandgetmaybe1hourofexercisewithnooneelse.Youcanonlyspeakthrough
    theU.SMailandlimitedvisitors.Solitaryconfinementisaviolationofthe8th
    amendmentbanagainstcruelandunusualpunishmentbecauseprisonersdontgetto
    interactwithothers,prisonerssufferfrompsychologicalstress,andinmatesareseven
    timesmorelikelytohurtorkillthemselvesthaninmatesatlarge.
    First,Solitaryconfinementisaviolationofthe8thamendmentbanagainstcruel
    andunusualpunishmentbecauseprisonersdontgettointeractwithothers.
    Accordingto
    http://www.npr.org
    ,

    Mostinmatesheldinsolitaryhavenocontactwith
    theoutsideworldotherthantheU.S.mail.
    Thisquotemeansthatprisonersrarelyget
    tocomeincontactwithhumans.Theyonlycancomeintocontactviamail.Thisproves
    thatsolitaryconfinementviolatesthe8thamendmentbecauseprisonersdontgetto
    comeincontactwithotherhumansexceptmaybetheguards.
    Next,Solitaryconfinementisaviolationofthe8thamendmentbanagainst
    cruelandunusualpunishmentbecauseprisonerssufferfrompsychologicalstress.

    Accordingto
    http://www.smithsonianmag.com
    ,
    Amajorityofthosesurveyed
    experiencedsymptomssuchasdizziness,heartpalpitations,chronicdepression,while
    41percentreportedhallucinations,and27percenthadsuicidalthoughtsalllevels
    significantlyhigherthanthoseoftheoverallprisonpopulations.
    Thisquotemeansthat
    mostprisonersinsolitaryconfinementhavesymptoms.Theygothroughlotsofthings
    insolitaryconfinementbeingalone.Thisprovesthatsolitaryconfinementviolatesthe
    8thamendmentbecauseprisonerssufferfrompsychologicalstress.
    Finally,Solitaryconfinementisaviolationofthe8thamendmentbanagainst
    cruelandunusualpunishmentbecauseinmatesareseventimesmorelikelytohurtor
    killthemselvesthaninmatesatlarge.Accordingto
    http://healthresearchfunding.org
    ,
    Peoplewhoareinsolitaryconfinementare
    vulnerableoratrisktosomementalhealthdisordersincludingschizophrenia.Isolated
    individualsmayexperiencehallucinationsanddelusions.Theymayalsobecomevery
    paranoidormaydisplaysomeothersymptomsofmentaldistress.
    Thisquotemeans
    thatbeinginsolitaryconfinementcanmentallydamagesomeone.Itcanmakethem
    losetheirmindsandtrytoattemptsuicide.Thisprovesthatsolitaryconfinement
    violatesthe8thamendmentbecauseinmatesareseventimesmorelikelytohurtor
    killthemselvesthaninmatesatlarge.
    Insummary,SolitaryConfinementisaviolationofthe8thamendmentandis
    cruelandunusualpunishment.Itsnotgoodforpeople.Theybegintolosetheirminds
    andnotbeabletointeractwithhumans.Furthermore,27percentofprisonersin
    solitaryconfinementhadsuicidalthoughts.Overall,SolitaryConfinementisaviolation

    ofthe8thamendmentbecauseprisonersdontgettocontactwithothers,prisoners
    sufferfrompsychologicalstress,andinmatesareseventimesmorelikelytohurtorkill
    themselvesthaninmatesatlarge.

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