I HAVE BEEN IN PRISON for more than 30 years. When I came to prison, the corrections goal was isolation, retribution, and punishment. In the past decade, the mission changed to rehabilitation. I have ...
Gary Harkins also spent decades inside an isolation unit -- as a correctional officer at the Oregon State Penitentiary. He says solitary... Working the Isolation Unit: A Prison Officer's Tale For 25 ...
Amid renewed debate over the controversial practice, an archival FRONTLINE documentary offers a visceral portrait of life in solitary at one maximum-security prison. A composite image with stills from ...