"Solitary Confinement Should be a Last Resort"
That is the title of this excellent editorial in the Washington Post, which takes on the issue of solitary confinement recently brought into the national spotlight by the hunger striking prisoners in California's Pelican Bay State Prison and other facilities across the state.
As the Post argues:
[S]olitary confinement costs roughly twice as much as housing in less restrictive conditions — an expense that California and other fiscally challenged states can't afford. Subjecting the average prisoner to the trauma of prolonged solitary confinement is inhumane. It comes perilously close to the "lock 'em up and throw away the key" mentality that has been long discredited as a legitimate prison management tool.
Learn more about the ACLU's work to stop solitary here.
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Aug 23rd, 2011 at 4:02pm
These individuals are there for a reason, because they committed a crime against a law-abiding citizen. Roger Baldwin's ultimate goal (besides communism) in this country is to eradicate incarceration altogether.
Aug 29th, 2011 at 2:46pm
IM NOT FOR THE DEATH PENALTY BUT IM FOR STRICT CONFINEMENT. THE ACLU I DONT BELIEVE IS A COMMUNIST GROUP, THEY ARE A LIBERTARIAN GROUP. I DONT AGREE 100 PERCENT OF THEM BUT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO AGREE WITH ANYONE ALL THE TIME 100 PERCENT. THATS A FACT.
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