Sign the ICAT Petition to Oppose Solitary Confinement in Illinois
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Bob Palmer
Mar 7, 2014, 9:59:35 AM3/7/14
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Sign the ICAT Petition to Oppose Solitary Confinement in Illinois
We’ve posted this petition calling for an immediate end to solitary confinement in Illinois. We further demand that Governor Quinn and Attorney General Madigan immediately act to end this practice. Locking a prisoner alone in a cell with no human contact for up to 23 hours a day, without access to commissary, phone calls or exercise constitutes torture.
Medical experts have determined that solitary confinement is extremely harmful to a prisoner’s mental health and has no rehabilitative value. 85% of prisoners are placed in solitary in Illinois as a disciplinary action for minor infractions. The State of Mississippi drastically reduced solitary confinement in 2007. This change has resulted in healthier prisoners, increased safety, and reduced costs for Mississippi.
In January 2012, the Chicago City Council adopted a resolution condemning prolonged solitary confinement in Illinois prisons as torture. Illinois has approximately 2,200 prisoners in solitary confinement whose average length of stay is 2.8 years. This is inhumane and unacceptable.
Why is this important?
Sign the Petition because it is inhumane to keep people locked up in solitary without access to other people, fresh air, commissary and medical care. It does not rehabilitate people and leads to more violence.
You can sign by clicking on this link: http://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/end-solitary-confinement-in-illinois
We’ve posted this petition calling for an immediate end to solitary confinement in Illinois. We further demand that Governor Quinn and Attorney General Madigan immediately act to end this practice. Locking a prisoner alone in a cell with no human contact for up to 23 hours a day, without access to commissary, phone calls or exercise constitutes torture.
Medical experts have determined that solitary confinement is extremely harmful to a prisoner’s mental health and has no rehabilitative value. 85% of prisoners are placed in solitary in Illinois as a disciplinary action for minor infractions. The State of Mississippi drastically reduced solitary confinement in 2007. This change has resulted in healthier prisoners, increased safety, and reduced costs for Mississippi.
In January 2012, the Chicago City Council adopted a resolution condemning prolonged solitary confinement in Illinois prisons as torture. Illinois has approximately 2,200 prisoners in solitary confinement whose average length of stay is 2.8 years. This is inhumane and unacceptable.
Why is this important?
Sign the Petition because it is inhumane to keep people locked up in solitary without access to other people, fresh air, commissary and medical care. It does not rehabilitate people and leads to more violence.
You can sign by clicking on this link: http://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/end-solitary-confinement-in-illinois
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