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" In the nineteenth century, we thought that isolation was cleansing and productive. We now know it to be psychiatrically devastating and rage-inducing. And yet our use of it as a tool meant to quell violence persists. "

Christine Montross , Waiting for an Echo: The Madness of American Incarceration


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Christine Montross quote : In the nineteenth century, we thought that isolation was cleansing and productive. We now know it to be psychiatrically devastating and rage-inducing. And yet our use of it as a tool meant to quell violence persists.