How Solitary Confinement Effects Your Mental Health

Chareese Guthrie

September 21, 2020

How Solitary Confinement Affects Your Mental Health

I. Introduction

A. Solitary Confinement is a form of further imprisonment whereas inmates have no contact with the prison’s general population.

B. The human brain needs social interaction. If not, it can increase the risk of mental health issues.

II. Body

A. What Solitary Confinement is about

1. Makes perpetrators alone with only their thoughts

2. Little to no human contact

3. Being forced to be your own “friend”

B. Why the brain needs social interaction

1. As humans we need social contact because we are social creations

2. More likely to become depressed

3. Decreases your ability to learn

C. Mental Health

1. Hallucinations

2. Paranoia

3. Psychosis

4. Self-harm