JUST RELEASED
Banning Torture: Legislative Trends and Policy Solutions for Restricting and Ending Solitary Confinement throughout the United States- -the first-ever comprehensive, nationwide analysis of legislation related to solitary confinement.
The average living space in solitary confinement is 70 square feet, only slightly larger than a king-size mattress. [7]
Costs of isolating people in solitary confinement is 2-3 times more expensive than holding them in general population. [8]
Almost 15% of people held in solitary confinement are in isolation for between one and three years consecutively [9]
JUST RELEASED
Banning Torture: Legislative Trends and Policy Solutions for Restricting and Ending Solitary Confinement throughout the United States- -the first-ever comprehensive, nationwide analysis of legislation related to solitary confinement.