California's End to Solitary Confinement In Prisons

Inmates in solitary confinement, are isolated from the public, windows and even sounds. In California, more than 500 inmates each spend a decade in solitary confinement for bad behavior. In 2012, a law suit was filed for inmates, that they could not spend extended amounts of time in isolation, but still could be a tool for punishment. Three years later, the road to ending solitary confinement begins.If you could reduce the need for solitary confinement, and instead provide educational classes, and visits from family, this could have a positive impact on in inmates life. In California, this matter was brought up by prisoners going on strikes to draw attention to the matter. Yes, I think that being locked up alone for years and years would make me go mentally insane, and I do think this matter should be addressed because it is inhumane. On the other hand, I think that if an Inmate is violent and dangerous to the public, then they should be locked up alone and with guidance and help, they should slowly learn how to live in a civilised environment with other people, when it is safe to do so. I don't know if its realistic to say that every state could pass this law, because of the amount of inmates in each prison and regulating the safety of the inmates and guards. 

Solitary Confinement is a place where the most dangerous and threatened inmates serve their sentence. 

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