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Public health and solitary confinement in the United States

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  • Cloud, D.H.
  • Drucker, E.
  • Browne, A.
  • Parsons, J.

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The history of solitary confinement in the United States stretches from the silent prisons of 200 years ago to today's supermax prisons, mechanized panopticons that isolate tens of thousands, sometimes for decades. We examined the living conditions and characteristics of the populations in solitary confinement. As part of the growing movement for reform, public health agencies have an ethical obligation to help address the excessive use of solitary confinement in jails and prisons in accordance with established public health functions (e.g., violence prevention, health equity, surveillance, and minimizing of occupational and psychological hazards for correctional staff). Public health professionals should lead efforts to replace reliance on this overly punitive correctional policywithmodels based on rehabilitation and restorative justice.

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  • Cloud, D.H. & Drucker, E. & Browne, A. & Parsons, J., 2015. "Public health and solitary confinement in the United States," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 105(1), pages 18-26.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2014.302205_0
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302205
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    1. Marquez, Beatriz Aldana & Marquez-Velarde, Guadalupe & Eason, John M. & Aldana, Linda, 2021. "Pushing them to the edge: Suicide in immigrant detention centers as a product of organizational failure," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 283(C).
    2. Wright, Kevin A. & Young, Jacob T.N. & Matekel, Caitlin G. & Infante, Arynn A. & Gifford, Faith E. & Meyers, Travis J. & Morse, Stephanie J., 2023. "Solitary confinement and the well-being of people in prison," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 335(C).

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