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if legislation is requiredto preventsolitary confinement of mentally ill persons
MICHAEL ... that are supposedto preventinmates with mental illness going into solitary confinement
that legislation could help coordinate the different groups of professionals in prison systems — including guards and mental health professionalsto preventsending people with mental illness to solitary confinement
a lawpreventsthe mentally sick being placed in solitary confinement
solitary confinement Labels : 2013creatingmental illness through solitary confinement , long term solitary confinement , mental illness
the damagecausedto mental health through solitary confinement
which critics , such as New York - based Human Rights Watch , saycausesmental illness by imposing years solitary confinement
a billwould have preventedmentally ill prisoners from being placed in solitary confinement
extreme suffering ... has adverse long - term consequences for cognitive and adaptive functioning , disrupts treatment and exacerbates illnesscausesextreme suffering ... has adverse long - term consequences for cognitive and adaptive functioning , disrupts treatment and exacerbates illness
serious psychological harmcausesserious psychological harm
severe mental health issuescausessevere mental health issues
or lead to the exacerbation of symptoms ( American Psychiatric Association : Position Statement on Segregation of Prisoners with Mental Illness , 2012 ) , including higher incidences of suicide and self - injurycan causeor lead to the exacerbation of symptoms ( American Psychiatric Association : Position Statement on Segregation of Prisoners with Mental Illness , 2012 ) , including higher incidences of suicide and self - injury
future outbursts that land the prisoner back in segregationcan causefuture outbursts that land the prisoner back in segregation
him to become suicidal and even attacking another guard within prisoncausinghim to become suicidal and even attacking another guard within prison
more acting outcausingmore acting out
further trauma and deteriorationcausingfurther trauma and deterioration
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