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- As the newly appointed executive director of the Colorado Department of Corrections, Rick Raemisch spent the night of Jan. 23 in solitary confinement at a state penitentiary. Why? Because upon appointment, Gov. John Hickenlooper set before Raemisch three goals: Limit or eliminate the use of solitary confinement for mentally ill prisoners
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Feb 24, 2014 · Not only did he voluntarily spend a night in solitary confinement in one of his prisons last month but he then wrote an op-ed about his experience that appeared Thursday in The New York...
Dec 5, 2018 · I spoke with one prisoner who had been in solitary confinement in Colorado for over 15 years. The reason? He verbally threatened to assault a correctional officer.
- Rick Raemisch
Oct 12, 2017 · Studies have found that inmates who have spent time in solitary confinement are more likely to reoffend than those who have not.
- Rick Raemisch
Mar 7, 2014 · As the newly appointed executive director of the Colorado Department of Corrections, Rick Raemisch spent the night of Jan. 23 in solitary confinement at a state penitentiary. Why? Because upon appointment, Gov. John Hickenlooper set before Raemisch three goals: Limit or eliminate the use of solitary confinement for mentally ill prisoners
Oct 14, 2022 · Every day, tens of thousands of American prisoners are locked up in solitary confinement. This is how that looks for those behind bars, and those guarding them.
Jun 14, 2024 · We are only beginning to understand what solitary confinement does to a person. For more than 22 years, Frank De Palma sat alone in a cell at Ely State Prison, a maximum-security facility in northeastern Nevada.
Feb 21, 2014 · Terry Kupers, a psychiatrist and expert on confinement, described in a paper published last year the many psychological effects of solitary. Inmates reported nightmares, heart palpitations and...