Abstract
Can a prison justify maintaining an inmate in complete segregation, guarded by three officers around the clock? Or does the prison have the obligation to mainstream disturbed prisoners so as to provide them with social stimulation and developmental opportunities? The complexity of this issue of placement in special environments—particularly, in stimulus-deprived environments—is illustrated by a violent offender who presents a plausible case for the proposition that his (to date) 15-year dissociation enables him to preserve a precarious equilibrium. For this inmate, the prison-within-a-prison in which he lives is a niche that facilitates psychological survival. It follows that mainstreaming an individual thus situated must be gradually and incrementally undertaken, after notice and consultation with the prisoner and the staff.
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