solitary confinement

8-1-12: Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast

The practice of solitary confinement in prisons is under increasing criticism. What isolation practices does Maryland use? We talk to Urbanite contributing writer Michael Corbin, and Maryland Correctional Institute for Women assistant warden Kendall Gifford.

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8-1-12: Solitary Confinement

Credit: flickr user smath, Creative Commons.Recent reports have detailed the devastating effects on prisoners of long-term solitary confinement, even questioning whether it rises to the

Sheilah asked Michael Corbin about the history of solitary confinement.  It goes back to the early 19th Century, at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia. This account includes the differing reactions of Alexis de Tocqueville and Charles Dickens.

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