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A First Hand Account of Solitary Confinement

By Jeralyn, Section Crime Policy
Posted on Sun Nov 06, 2011 at 05:40:57 PM EST
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Sarah Shourd, one of three American hikers detained in Iran, describes her year in solitary confinement in the Iranian prison in the New York Times. It's very depressing, but a good reminder that extended solitary confinement is torture.

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    To be able to write that (5.00 / 1) (#1)
    by Edger on Sun Nov 06, 2011 at 05:53:06 PM EST
    takes a very strong and resilient mind, I would think. Good for Shourd. She seems well on her way to recovering her sanity.

    I imagine many would snap almost irrecoverably. Including some of the jailers?

    How many in Gitmo have been in solitary for years, and tortured on top of the torture of solitary?

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