Solitary confinement heightens post-incarceration death risk
Thursday, February 6, 2020 - 10:40
in Health & Medicine
Solitary confinement, even for just a few days, may significantly increase inmates’ risk of death after serving their sentences, new Cornell research shows. The analysis of the Danish prison system found that 4.5% of former inmates who had spent time in solitary confinement – most for less than a week – died within five years […]