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Solitary Confinement Facts

  • 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.

Read the complete report: www.vera.org/solitary-confinement-misconceptions-safe-alternatives

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