Prolonged solitary confinement is no doubt damaging and counter to the goal of rehabilitating inmates.  This woman was jailed for a string of armed robberies as punishment and to protect the public from her.   In jail, how do you protect that population from violent inmates?  Seems jails have few tools, except further segregation.  Are prisons taking the easy way by segregating violent inmates?  Maybe.  But this inmate  racked up 50 incidents of violence inside.  

 Prisons, police and even health care are often left to deal with the aftermath of failed lives.  And they are often the target of blame, trying to deal with impossible situations.  Where should the blame really fall?  Ms. Worm was later diagnosed with PTSD as a result of prolonged abuse suffered as a child.  She ran away to the streets.  She ended up in jail but could just as easily been on the murdered list.  I hope the mmiw inquiry examines the home life of these women.  Most seem to have similar stories growing up.