How people survive solitary confinement

"It's not a nice job. You start scraping the filth to one end. You designate one corner for pee. Pee runs downhill so don't put your pee corner at the top of the room."

He recommends creating a "living quarter" within the cell, to be kept as clean as possible. Prisoners should also try to keep themselves clean, he says.

"Pick your nails with your own nails – if they are rough and broken scrape them on the walls – every effort you can make to try and retrieve your identity, which is part physical, part psychological."

How do people survive solitary confinement?

Originally posted on Google+ · August 11, 2013

Leave a Comment