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Solitary Watch Watches National Geographic's Experiment in Solitary Confinement

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Solitary Watch Watches National Geographic's Experiment in Solitary Confinement Jean Casella and James Ridgeway | April 2, 2010 From Solitary Watch As we wrote earlier, it's hard to say whether the National Geographic Channel's treatment of solitary confinement will do more harm than good. In addition to an upcoming episode of "Explorer" on the subject, the NG Channel is hosting an "experiment" that promises to provide a "live window into the solitary experience," in which three subjects spend a week in faux lockdown cells (unless they want to leave earlier), with cameras streaming live video to the public and the "prisoners" providing updates on Twitter. (link to the show http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/explorer/4819/Overview#ixzz0jubCdsqU) The potential good comes from the evidence of psychological damage that will probably surface even in the fresh-faced young volunteers who spend a mere week in the pristine "cells...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on April 09, 2010 (boomark / email).