Solitary confinement in the United States
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Solitary confinement in the United States
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In the United States penal system, upwards of 20 percent of state and federal prison inmates and 18 percent of local jail inmates are kept in solitary confinement or another form of restrictive housing at some point during their imprisonment. Solitary confinement generally comes in one of two forms: "disciplinary segregation," in which inmates are temporarily placed in solitary confinement as punishment for rule-breaking; and "administrative segregation," in which prisoners deemed to be a risk t
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Form of strict imprisonment in the United States
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solitary_confinement_in_the_United_States
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2023-12-27T03:44:36Z
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