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Solitary Confinement at Pelican Bay, Part II

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There are a number of people inside the prison system who are started to rethink the Pelican Bay solitary confinement model.

After seeing the impact on the prisoners - making them worse, more violent or mentally unstable - they are trying to find new approaches to isolation - limiting the number of years a prisoner can be kept in solitary, having therapists on hand to work with the inmates, created graduated systems of isolation and privileges.

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