Solitary confinement should be banned worldwide because of its extreme effects on the mental health of inmates. An inmate who was once living in solitary has explained, “It’s a sad thing to watch a human being go insane before your eyes because he can’t handle the pressure that the box exerts on the mind. Sometimes the prison guards find them hanging and blue; sometimes their necks get broken when they jump from their bed”(Qtd. In Casella and Ridgeway. The inhumane methods of solitary, cause people to lose all hope that life can get better. Since they feel their life has no purpose, they remove themselves from the situation in the only way they think they have. Slowly, solitary confinement will twist the minds of the prisoners, causing them
