As a recent report revealed that a staggering 122,000 people being held in solitary confinement nationwide, lawmakers are seeking to end the practice in federal facilities.
While the act only applies to federal jails, prisons and immigration prisons, it also incentivizes states and municipalities to adopt similar bans by decreasing federal funding to any state or local entity that does not enact them.
In 2021, Wesley-El was placed in isolation twice. Once, he was sent to medical isolation for two days in preparation for a procedure. Later, he was sent to the SHU for six days because he had a bag of books on his bed. But, he recalled, the conditions were the same regardless of the reason. If he or anyone else received an incident report while in isolation, they would be “put in paper,” which he described as being placed in a paper jumpsuit and underwear for a week.
Fifteen years later, that time in isolation continues to color her daily life. She is now the grandmother of a toddler, but has trouble connecting with her granddaughter or other family members and friends. Within an hour, staff handcuffed and brought her to the SHU. She would spend the next seven weeks confined nearly 24 hours a day to her cell bathed in fluorescent lights that were never turned off.
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