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Sourcebook on Solitary Confinement

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Solitary Confinement. This website is dedicated to examining the practice of solitary confinement in its various forms. It is designed to accompany the Sourcebook on Solitary Confinement and expand on issues discussed therein. Sourcebook on Solitary Confinement http://solitaryconfinement.org/uploads/sourcebook_web.pdf A comprehensive single point of reference on solitary confinement examining its documented health effects, and professional, ethical and human rights guidelines and codes of practice relating to its use. Resources and links A selection of human rights and professional resources and links. With the exception of the death penalty, solitary confinement is the most extreme sanction which may be legally imposed on prisoners. Its adverse effects on the health and wellbeing of those subjected to it, particularly for prolonged periods, can be very serious...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on November 15, 2010 (boomark / email).