What sort of psychological problems are associated with a prolonged spell of solitary confinement?
Firstly, I’ll apologise for the long answer! I tried to cut it down in size, but really, all of it is worth reading. I’ve linked to the sources if you want to read more about anything I’ve said. Please don’t think this is a copied and pasted answer, far from it! Thank you for the interesting question, I thoroughly enjoyed researching it. “How does one go about articulating desperation to another who is not desperate? How does one go about artriculating the psychological stress of knowing that people are waiting for me to self-destruct? I did not do anything to deserve this.” –Isolation prisoner, Ojore Nuru Lutalo Opponents of solitary confinement claim that it is a form of cruel and unusual punishment because it has a severe negative impact on a prisoner’s mental state that may lead to certain mental illnesses such as depression or an existential crisis (state of panic or feeling of intense psychological discomfort around questions of existence). There is a very interesting (although
