Is Solitary Confinement Useful?

Authors

  • Beyoncé Carty

Abstract

Imagine being placed in a small, narrow cell for long periods of time without any human interaction, just you and your thoughts. Segregated from prisoners, your mind starts to think of ways to escape this sufferable empty atmosphere. Is this form of punishment morally right? Are prisons promoting recidivism and death rather than rehabilitation by segregating individual’s? More importantly, do they expect inmates to be able to reintegrate into society easily knowing their mental state is fragile?

Author Biography

Beyoncé Carty

Beyoncé Carty is currently a junior undergraduate student. She is the newly-elected president of the Black Students' Union and a new member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated Theta Omicron chapter. Her goal for graduate school is to attend Rutgers’ advanced standing Master’s program in Social Work and eventually become a Probation Officer. By submitting this work, she hopes to shed light and awareness on the issue of utilizing solitary confinement and the detrimental effects it has on inmates' physical, emotional, and mental health. Despite being incarcerated, they're still human beings.

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Published

2022-09-21

How to Cite

Carty, B. (2022). Is Solitary Confinement Useful?. The Rutgers-Camden Undergraduate Review, 1(1). Retrieved from https://rcur.libraries.rutgers.edu/index.php/rcur/article/view/2112

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2020): The Undergraduate Review - Spring 2020

Section

Articles