Who gets put into solitary confinement, and why? What roles do race, racism, and mental health diagnoses play? Terry Kupers describes what spending time in solitary does to the human psyche; he also cites recent changes in attitudes toward, and laws regulating, solitary confinement. (Encore presentation.)

Bruce Arrigo and Brian Sellers, eds., The Pre-Crime Society: Crime, Culture, and Control in the Ultramodern Age Bristol University Press, 2021

Terry Kupers, Solitary: The Inside Story of Supermax Isolation and How We Can Abolish It University of California Press, 2017

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