Solitary Confinement

solitaryJune 26, 2013 – Segment 3

Sarah Childress, reporter for the PBS investigative series Frontline, talks about her recent article on solitary confinement in the United States.  Called Trapped in the Hole: America’s Solitary Problem, it tells the story of solitary confinement at Cresson state penitentiary in Pennsylvania, as well as analyzes the ways that solitary confinement is used nationwide.

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