example of solitary being used punitively rather than for safety reasons for more than ten years kendall gibson has also been in solitary he refused to cut his dreadlocks because he says they represent his rusty foreign faith a decision that at the time violated virginia law it stated that inmates must not have beards or wear their hair below their color maybe most disturbing are the hundreds of children in solitary cells have to there to protect them from adult prisoners with little concern for the consequences in the words of robert king you may leave solitary solitary never leaves you christine for zero r.t. very emotional last words now earlier articles christine for us out interview and then para more a fellow at the roosevelt institute and founding editor of the new deal two point zero blog she said the irony is using solitary and confinement for safety reasons backfires. the irony is it doesn't control violence at all in fact some of the prisoners become more violent after being put in solitary confinement and the danger is also if you when they're released back into society if they have

unitive lee rather than for safety reasons for more than ten years kendall gibson has also been in solitary he refused to cut his dreadlocks because he says they represent his roster far in faith a decision that at the time violated virginia law and stated that inmates must not have beards or wear their hair below their collar maybe most disturbing are the hundreds of children in solitary cells kept there to protect them from adult prisoners with little concern for the consequences in the words of robert king you may leave solitary but solitary never leaves you christine for now r.t. . i am we've covered the case of bradley manning extensively on this show but we've failed in giving out a good coverage to those who aren't high profile cases you know the world over so let us start making up for it today according to available data there are some twenty five thousand inmates and long term isolation in a country supermax prisons and as many of the eighty thousand more in solitary confinement in other facilities if we look at international standards but consider solitary to be a form of torture