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The resource team: A case study of a solitary confinement reform in Oregon
The continued use of solitary confinement has sparked international public health and human rights criticisms and concerns. This carceral practice has been linked repeatedly to a range of serious psychological harms among incarcerated persons. Vulnerabilities to harm are especially dire for persons...
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2023
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10370690/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37494407 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288187 |
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author | Cloud, David H. Haney, Craig Augustine, Dallas Ahalt, Cyrus Williams, Brie |
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description | The continued use of solitary confinement has sparked international public health and human rights criticisms and concerns. This carceral practice has been linked repeatedly to a range of serious psychological harms among incarcerated persons. Vulnerabilities to harm are especially dire for persons with preexisting serious mental illness (“SMI”), a group that is overrepresented in solitary confinement units. Although there have been numerous calls for the practice to be significantly reformed, curtailed, and ended altogether, few strategies exist to minimize its use for people with SMI and histories of violence against themselves or others. This case study describes the “Oregon Resource Team” (ORT), a pilot project adapted from a Norwegian officer-led, interdisciplinary team-based approach to reduce isolation and improve outcomes for incarcerated persons with SMI and histories of trauma, self-injury, and violence against others. We describe the ORT’s innovative approach, the characteristics and experiences of incarcerated people who participated in it, its reported impact on the behavior, health, and well-being of incarcerated persons and correctional staff, and ways to optimize its effectiveness and expand its use. |
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spelling | pubmed-103706902023-07-27 The resource team: A case study of a solitary confinement reform in Oregon Cloud, David H. Haney, Craig Augustine, Dallas Ahalt, Cyrus Williams, Brie PLoS One Research Article The continued use of solitary confinement has sparked international public health and human rights criticisms and concerns. This carceral practice has been linked repeatedly to a range of serious psychological harms among incarcerated persons. Vulnerabilities to harm are especially dire for persons with preexisting serious mental illness (“SMI”), a group that is overrepresented in solitary confinement units. Although there have been numerous calls for the practice to be significantly reformed, curtailed, and ended altogether, few strategies exist to minimize its use for people with SMI and histories of violence against themselves or others. This case study describes the “Oregon Resource Team” (ORT), a pilot project adapted from a Norwegian officer-led, interdisciplinary team-based approach to reduce isolation and improve outcomes for incarcerated persons with SMI and histories of trauma, self-injury, and violence against others. We describe the ORT’s innovative approach, the characteristics and experiences of incarcerated people who participated in it, its reported impact on the behavior, health, and well-being of incarcerated persons and correctional staff, and ways to optimize its effectiveness and expand its use. Public Library of Science 2023-07-26 /pmc/articles/PMC10370690/ /pubmed/37494407 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288187 Text en © 2023 Cloud et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Cloud, David H. Haney, Craig Augustine, Dallas Ahalt, Cyrus Williams, Brie The resource team: A case study of a solitary confinement reform in Oregon |
title | The resource team: A case study of a solitary confinement reform in Oregon |
title_full | The resource team: A case study of a solitary confinement reform in Oregon |
title_fullStr | The resource team: A case study of a solitary confinement reform in Oregon |
title_full_unstemmed | The resource team: A case study of a solitary confinement reform in Oregon |
title_short | The resource team: A case study of a solitary confinement reform in Oregon |
title_sort | resource team: a case study of a solitary confinement reform in oregon |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10370690/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37494407 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288187 |
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