TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Self-injury and the embodiment of solitary confinement among adult men in Louisiana prisons
JO  - SSM - Population Health
A1  - Cloud, David H.
A1  - Williams, Brie
A1  - Haardoerfer, Regine
A1  - Hosbey, Justin T.
A1  - Cooper, Hannah L. F.
SP  - e101354
EP  - e101354
VL  - 22
IS  - 
N2  - Solitary confinement is a harrowing human rights and public health problem that is currently inflicted as a routine punishment for a litany of prison rule violations, a reactionary tactic to quell resistance to prison conditions, and as a destination of last resort for people serious mental illnesses (SMI) who are especially vulnerable to its harms. An extensive body of research has documented clusters of psychiatric symptoms-emotional distress, cognitive deficits, social withdrawal, anxiety, paranoia, sleeplessness, and hallucinations-linked to solitary confinement that often manifest in decompensating behaviors, which include self-injury and suicide. This study summarizes the historical evolution of solitary confinement, recaps its linkages to self-injury and suicidality, and offers a theoretical framework grounded in ecosocial theory, and supplemented with concepts from theories of dehumanization and carceral geography. <br><br>FINDINGS bolster extant evidence on the harms of solitary confinement by focusing on whether and how exertions of power by prison staff to deploy mechanisms of dehumanization-as a pathway between SMI and self-injury among a cross section of adult men (n = 517) exposed to solitary confinement in Louisiana prisons in 2017. <br><br>FINDINGS reinforce the need for structural interventions that diffuse forms of carceral power and practices that continue to subject people to isolation, dehumanization, and violence.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2352-8273
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101354
ID  - ref1
ER  -