Solitary confinement
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Solitary confinement is a form of torture used by totalitarian regimes and a form of imprisonment to isolate dangerous criminals by Western civilization.
In the United States, an estimated 80,000 convicted criminals are held in solitary confinement.
History
As one critic explains:
| “ | The practice of placing incarcerated individuals in solitary confinement dates back to the 1820s in America when it was thought that isolating individuals in prison would help with their rehabilitation.[1] | ” |