The first full weekend of the 2015 NCAA Tournament wrapped up Sunday with 16 teams punching their tickets to the Sweet 16.
Solitary confinement is a form of imprisonment in which an inmate is isolated from any human contact, though often with the exception of members of prison staff.It is sometimes employed as a form of punishment beyond incarceration for a prisoner and has been cited as an additional measure of protection for the inmate.hen claims under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments fail, Title II [of the ADA] may offer an avenue to improve the provision of services to the mentally ill in prisons and solitary confinement, but ipso facto improving the conditions under which all inmates in solitary confinement live.
Although solitary confinement conditions vary from state to state and among correctional facilities, systematic policies and conditions include: 1  Confinement behind a solid steel door for 22 to 24 hours a day.2  Severely limited contact with other human beings. 3  Infrequent phone calls and rare non-contact family visits.: Numerous studies have documented the harmful psychological effects of long-term solitary confinement, which can produce debilitating symptoms, such as: 1  Visual and auditory hallucinations. 2  Hypersensitivity to noise and touch. 3  Insomnia and paranoia.