Supermax Solitary Confinement Report's Rumored Benign Findings Have Many Upset

Supermax Solitary Confinement Report's Rumored Benign Findings Have Many Upset

The release of a twelve-month study about the mental effects of solitary confinement at Colorado's supermax is still weeks away.

But preliminary results leaked from the report -- which suggest state prisoners suffer little, if any, psychological impact from even long-term stay in isolation cells -- is already stirring outrage among prison activists and civil liberties attorneys.

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