The event will be a unique experience centered on solitary confinement, the effects it has on those forced to endure the grueling experience, and the harms that spill out into our communities from it.<\/p>\n
Once judged by the United States Supreme Court to be an impermissible form of torture, solitary confinement has grown to become a “solution” to the overcrowding and violence that define life on the inside. Every day in American jails and prisons, 122,000 people are confined to a cell the size of a parking space; some have been there for months, years, and in some cases, decades. While the devastating physical and psychological effects of solitary are well documented, black-and-white statistics can never fully capture the toll it takes on the people who endure it.<\/p>\n
The event will provide testimony from four individuals who’ve been forced to spend years inside those small, isolated concrete cells. You’ll hear the effects it had on them individually, and the harm they witnessed being inflicted upon other incarcerated people. After these testimonies there will be a Q and A session to allow space and time for the audience to learn and interact with our speakers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The event will be a unique experience centered on solitary confinement, the effects it has on those forced to endure the grueling experience, and the harms that spill out into our communities from it.<\/p>\n
Once judged by the United States Supreme Court to be an impermissible form of torture, solitary confinement has grown to become a “solution” to the overcrowding and violence that define life on the inside. Every day in American jails and prisons, 122,000 people are confined to a cell the size of a parking space; some have been there for months, years, and in some cases, decades. While the devastating physical and psychological effects of solitary are well documented, black-and-white statistics can never fully capture the toll it takes on the people who endure it.<\/p>\n
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