SolitaryWhen I testify in court, I am often asked: What is the damage of long term solitary confinement? . . . Many prisoners emerge from prison after years in solitary with very serious psychiatric symptoms even though outwardly they may appear emotionally stable. The damage from isolation is dreadfully real. Terry Allen Kupers Imagine spending nearly twenty four hours a day alone, confined to an eight by ten foot windowless cell. This is the reality of