The Department of Justice estimatedin 2006 that over half of all U.S. inmates suffer from a mental health problem.
Those prisoners also often end upin the isolated cells known as “special housing units,” “secure housing units,” solitary confinement, or simply, “the box.” There, inmates can be locked down for 23 hours a day with little human contact. Studies show such isolation can cause or exacerbate psychiatric problemsin prisoners.
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