Solitary

The Inside Story of Supermax Isolation and How We Can Abolish It

Terry A. Kupers

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University of California Press
05 September 2017

Penology & punishment; Criminal or forensic psychology

“When I testify in court, I am often asked: ‘What is the damage of long-term solitary confinement?’ . . . Many prisoners emerge from prison after years in solitary with very serious psychiatric symptoms even though outwardly they may appear emotionally stable. The damage from isolation is dreadfully real.”

—Terry Allen Kupers

Imagine spending nearly twenty-four hours a day alone, confined to an eight-by-ten-foot windowless cell. This is the reality of approximately one hundred thousand inmates in solitary confinement in the United States today. Terry Allen Kupers, one of the nation’s foremost experts on the mental health effects of solitary confinement, tells the powerful stories of the inmates he has interviewed while investigating prison conditions during the past forty years. Touring supermax security prisons as a forensic psychiatrist, Kupers has met prisoners who have been viciously beaten or raped, subdued with immobilizing gas, or ignored in the face of urgent medical and psychiatric needs. Kupers criticizes the physical and psychological abuse of prisoners and then offers rehabilitative alternatives to supermax isolation. Solitary is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the true damage that solitary confinement inflicts on individuals living in isolation as well as on our society as a whole.

By: Terry A. Kupers
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9780520292239
ISBN 10: 0520292235
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 05 September 2017
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction PART ONE HARSH PRISON CONDITIONS 1 • Supermax Isolation 2 • A Culture of Punishment 3 • Race Matters a Lot PART TWO THE HUMAN DAMAGE 4 • The Decimation of Life Skills 5 • Adding Madness to the Mix 6 • Women Do Not Do Well in Solitary 7 • Youth in Isolation 8 • The SHU Postrelease Syndrome PART THREE THE ALTERNATIVE SOLITARY 9 • A Rehabilitative Attitude 10 • Mental Health Care in Corrections 11 • The Disruptive Prisoner 12 • Beyond Supermax Isolation Notes References Index

Terry Allen Kupers is an award-winning psychiatrist and Professor Emeritus at The Wright Institute Graduate School of Psychology. As one of the nation's foremost experts on the mental health effects of solitary confinement, he has testified in over two dozen class action lawsuits about jail and prison conditions, the quality of mental health care ""inside"" and the effects of sexual abuse behind bars. He is a frequent consultant to the ACLU's National Prison Project and Human Rights Watch and the author of Prison Madness.

Reviews for Solitary: The Inside Story of Supermax Isolation and How We Can Abolish It

A must-read for those running our prisons and for policymakers in a position to reform them. --Kirkus Reviews Terry Kupers' Solitary represents both a robust intellectual contribution to analyses of modern solitary confinement use and a powerful piece of advocacy advocating for abolition of the practice - a rare feat in an academic work. --Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books