- The use of solitary grew by as much as 42% between 1995 and 2005
- The estimated number of individuals in solitary range from 25,000 in supermax facilities to 80,000, which includes those in segregated housing in all state and federal prisons.
- The harmful outcomes of solitary include deterioration of mental and physical health of inmates, public safety of the communities to which they return and the increase in corrections budgets.
- The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee held meeting in 2012 and 2014 to reassess the use of solitary.
- In 2014 10 states implemented policy changes to reduce the number of adults or juveniles in solitary, improve conditions, or facilitate return of segregated people to the prisons’ general population.
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