Last year, over 10,000 prisoners were released from solitary confinement and sent directly back out into the world, reports The Marshall Project. Many inmates struggle with mental disorders that may be exacerbated after a spell in solitary which makes it even more difficult to reacclimate to a life of freedom. Their abrupt transition poses a danger not only to the public, but to the inmates themselves.
From the story:
“Talking about his time in solitary still triggers flashbacks: of pacing like “an animal in the zoo” until large blood blisters erupted on the soles of his feet; of jumping off his bed in an attempt to break his neck on the cement shelf in his cell. (The shelf broke.)”
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