After officer deaths, more NC inmates with mental illness find themselves in solitary confinement - North Carolina Health News
The NC prison system has increased its use of solitary confinement for inmates with mental illness after five officers were killed on the job in one year. Prior to the 2017 deaths, prisons had reduced their use of solitary significantly.
By Taylor Knopf The year after five prison officers were killed by inmates in 2017, the state prison system almost doubled the number of inmates with mental illness held in solitary confinement. Previously, North Carolina’s prison system made significant strides to reduce the number of prisoners with mental illness who are held in isolation for […]