What is Solitary Confinement? - Why is Solitary Confinement used?

Solitary Confinement Solitary Confinement www.johnhoward.ab.ca What is Solitary Confinement? Why is Solitary Confinement used? Solitary confinement is a form of punishment Solitary confinement is used in order to protect that separates an inmate from human contact correctional staff from offenders who are for more than 22 hours a day. [...] Confinement including but not limited to: There are three reasons for administrative exacerbating mental health issues, PTSD, e segregation to be used: anxiety, developmental immaturity in The inmate represents a threat to the safely of adolescents, chronic headaches, t the institution or to other individuals. [...] scc.gc.ca/research/r158-eng.shtml#9 Retrieved form confinement-health_n_7637496 Page 1 of 2 F Solitary Confinement Statistics in Canada: The Case of Adam Capay: a Almost 6% of federal inmates are housed in Capay was sent to jail at 19 on minor segregation units. [...] After an altercation resulted in the c 48% of the current incarcerated population has death of another inmate in 2012, Capay a history of segregation. [...] been held in segregation since 2012 in Over 20% of inmates who have a history of northern Ontario while awaiting trial on a segregation have also been placed in a first-degree murder charge for an 5 S psychiatric hospital.