Air Quote by Samir Geagea

You start to forget about the world outside - it's not relevant or relatable anymore. The darkest part of solitary confinement is that you…

— Chelsea Manning

During the days I felt myself slipping into a kind of madness. Solitary confinement has an astonishing effect on the mind. The trip was…

— Tahir Shah

I did a lot of research on what solitary confinement does to you, how you become acclimated to being surrounded by people again after…

— Bill Skarsgard

They put me in solitary confinement, and although I went on to do 8,755 days of solitary in total, the first two were the…

— Nick Yarris

I didn't mind the 23 hours a day solitary confinement for the majority of the time, because after the first few years in prison,…

— Nick Yarris

Solitary confinement has been used extensively, it always has. I was in prison for 44 years; it was a normal part of life -…

— Wilbert Rideau

The impact of solitary confinement can have a devastating consequence to the psychology of the people who are affected.

— Valerie Jarrett

The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.

— Karl Kraus

I have a nice little office, with a nice little window in it, but I do basically spend huge amounts of time in what…

— Mary Roach

How many persons condemned to the horrors of solitary confinement have gone mad - simply because the thinking faculties have lain dormant!

— Jules Verne

If you ever meet someone who cannot understand why solitary confinement is considered punishment, you have met a misanthrope.

— Florence King

Research and writing are lonely occupations. It is easy to become discouraged in solitary confinement.

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr