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Past studies on whether incarcerated people with mental illness are more likely to be placed in solitary confinement have yielded mixed results. A new study examined the issue in one state s prisons, taking into account factors related to incarcerated men and the facilities where they were imprisoned. It found that having a mental illness was associated with a significant increase in the likelihood of being placed in extended solitary confinement.
The study, by researchers at Florida State University (FSU), appears in
Justice Quarterly, a publication of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Our findings provide new information on how mental illness shapes experiences for incarcerated men, and more broadly, on how the criminal justice system responds to people with mental illness, explains Sonja Siennick, professor of criminology and criminal justice at FSU, who led the study. The bottom line is that incarcerated people with mental illness appear to garner differe