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Re:What Solitary Confinement Does to the Brain by silentbicycle on Sunday May 17, 2009 @03:52PM (#613861)
It also makes a tremendous difference when isolation is voluntary, versus being held prisoner in solitary confinement.
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Re:What Solitary Confinement Does to the Brain by mkelly on Sunday May 17, 2009 @06:48PM (#614026)
Agreed. A lot of the "defiant" behaviors of the prisoners seemed to be efforts to exert some control over their environment. Also, the newer British system allowed more control in addition to less confinement.

I wonder if there's much overlap at all between the psychological effect of voluntary solitude and forced solitude.

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