Public Health and Solitary Confinement in the United States

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ID11031350
AutoresDavid H Cloud (0000-0001-5270-4171, David H. Cloud is with the Substance Use and Mental Health Program, Vera Institute of Justice, New York, NY. Ernest Drucker is professor emeritus in the Department of Family and Social, Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; he is also with the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY. Angela Browne and Jim Parsons are with the Vera Institute of Justice, New York, NY.), Ernest Drucker (David H. Cloud is with the Substance Use and Mental Health Program, Vera Institute of Justice, New York, NY. Ernest Drucker is professor emeritus in the Department of Family and Social, Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; he is also with the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY. Angela Browne and Jim Parsons are with the Vera Institute of Justice, New York, NY.), Angela Browne (David H. Cloud is with the Substance Use and Mental Health Program, Vera Institute of Justice, New York, NY. Ernest Drucker is professor emeritus in the Department of Family and Social, Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; he is also with the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY. Angela Browne and Jim Parsons are with the Vera Institute of Justice, New York, NY.), Jim Parsons (David H. Cloud is with the Substance Use and Mental Health Program, Vera Institute of Justice, New York, NY. Ernest Drucker is professor emeritus in the Department of Family and Social, Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; he is also with the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY. Angela Browne and Jim Parsons are with the Vera Institute of Justice, New York, NY.)
Año2015
Volumen105
Número1
Páginas18-26
Fecha de publicación2015-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2014.302205
PMID25393185
OpenAlexW2125474616
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas33
Referencias citadas32

The history of solitary confinement in the United States stretches from the silent prisons of 200 years ago to today’s supermax prisons, mechanized panopticons that isolate tens of thousands, sometimes for decades. We examined the living conditions and characteristics of the populations in solitary confinement. As part of the growing movement for reform, public health agencies have an ethical obligation to help address the excessive use of solitary confinement in jails and prisons in accordance with established public health functions (e.g., violence prevention, health equity, surveillance, and minimizing of occupational and psychological hazards for correctional staff). Public health professionals should lead efforts to replace reliance on this overly punitive correctional policy with models based on rehabilitation and restorative justice

Criminology · Environmental health · Equity (law) · Health equity · Obligation · Political science · Prison · Public health · Punitive damages · Solitary confinement · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Torture, Ethics, and Law