From Truthout:
Even nine years after leaving prison, Evie Litwok is still haunted by the seven weeks she spent in solitary confinement. She suffers continual headaches, migraines, vertigo and claustrophobia. She cannot be in places that are too loud, too crowded or too small. The first time she walked into a crowded elevator after her release from prison, she suffered a panic attack and fainted.
“Solitary tests the limits of your ability to think cohesively,” she told Truthout. “Physically, mentally and emotionally, it destroyed me forever.”
A recent report by Solitary Watch and Unlock the Box reveals that, according to the latest data from 2019, over 11,000 people in federal prisons and another 11,490 in federal jails are in some form of solitary or restrictive housing, where they are locked in their cells for at least 22 hours each day. Continue reading >>>
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