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23 N.Y.U. Rev. L. & Soc. Change 477 (1997)
Regulating Prisons of the Future: A Psychological Analysis of Supermax and Solitary Confinement

handle is hein.journals/nyuls23 and id is 487 raw text is: REGULATING PRISONS OF THE FUTURE: A PSYCHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF SUPERMAX AND SOLITARY CONFINEMENT CRAIG HANEY* AND MONA LYNCH** Introduction ......................................................... 478 Part I. On The Use of Solitary Confinement ................... 481 Part II. The Empirical Literature on Solitary Confinement ...... 496 A. Early Laboratory Experiments on Sensory Deprivation ......................................... 500 B. Psychological Literature on The Importance of Social Contact and Support ......................... 503 C. Acutely Isolated and Restricted Living Conditions. 506 D. Use of Seclusion with Hospitalized Mental Patients ............................................. 507 E. Studies of Torture Victims .......................... 508 F. Data From Isolated and Segregated Prisoners ...... 511 1. Autobiographical and Descriptive Accounts .... 511 2. Direct Studies of Solitary Confinement and Segregation ..................................... 515 G. The Secondary Effects of Solitary Confinement in Prisons .............................................. 525 H. Conclusions Concerning the Effects of Solitary and Punitive Segregation ................................ 529 Part III. Constitutional Challenges to Supermax and Solitary Confinement: The Current State of Legal Doctrine ..... 539 A. The Current Contours of Eighth Amendment Jurisprudence ....................................... 541 B. Solitary Confinement and Cruel and Unusual Punishment ......................................... 542 1. Psychological Harm ............................. 543 2. Deference to Administrative Discretion ........ 548 3. The Normalization of Solitary Confinement .... 552 C. Pelican Bay ......................................... 554 Part IV. Regulating The Use of Supermax and Solitary Confinement Toward Humane Limits on The Pains of Isolation ................................................. 558 * Professor of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz. B.A., University of Pennsylvania; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University; J.D., Stanford Law School. ** Assistant Professor, School of Justice Studies, Arizona State University. B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz. 477 Imaged with the Permission of N.Y.U. Review of Law and Social Change

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