Solitary Confinement at Pelican Bay, Part II

by Laura Sullivan, NPR

There are a number of people inside the prison system who are started to rethink the Pelican Bay solitary confinement model.

After seeing the impact on the prisoners - making them worse, more violent or mentally unstable - they are trying to find new approaches to isolation - limiting the number of years a prisoner can be kept in solitary, having therapists on hand to work with the inmates, created graduated systems of isolation and privileges.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, July 26, 2006