Why Do People Go Crazy In Solitary Confinement?

Solitary confinement requires that an inmate be restricted to one cell and has no contact, or at least very little contact, with other inmates.
Kinds of solitary confinement differ all over the world, and no doubt in some countries you still have what might better be called dungeons. In most developed countries these days such segregation units are not as barbaric and prisoners should have some time outside of the cell as well as receive enough nourishment that they won’t be looking forward to the next time an insect gets into their cell. Nonetheless, many critics call it an inhumane, psychological torture that is hardly in line with rehabilitation. Let’s now see how you might deal with it, in this episode of the Infographics Show, How to get through time in solitary confinement.
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[@TheInfographicsShow]

Those who made it out of solitary confinement intact seemed to be very disciplined and psychologically resilient. Do you have the discipline to stick to something? Where are you most disciplined and where do you fail?

[@chelseashamim9148]

I don’t think I could take solitary confinement. I go crazy when people don’t text back!

[@kulanthaivelu9522]

Everyone is doing indian nod in this video

[@calvin4721]

I fail at life.

[@davidgumazon]

8. Sleep and use your imagination and escape from reality

[@brandonthorpe9905]

The hole or the SHU where I was at, all you had was yourself and 4 hours with your mat and cover. I worked out a lot. In population I was the artist of my block. Drew Christmas and birthday cards, read ceaselessly. I learned some of my art skills from some of the finest most talented psychopaths this country could hope to produce. Just google my name and art and it'll be the first pictures that show up.

[@tylerwilson4450]

"Before I let them take something from me, I deny it to myself." Thats some powerful stuff.

[@samueltavares1218]

I listened to it like 3 times

[@Dunlop1996]

More powerful than I, or anyone who hasn’t been in the same situation could ever fathom

[@Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access]

*You can't go crazy if you've got voices in your head to keep you company*

[@gooseprincess5542]

lol me everyday

[@Living_Soul54]

@@gooseprincess5542 for real

[@TheInfographicsShow]

seems like that's also one way to cope...

[@gracequach6769]

+Dagan Ward **opens google translate** **types this in** Google translate: You can't go crazy if you're already crazy

[@ramenreez6174]

That's me.

[@imainrazor7186]

43 yrs in prison solitary? And innocent ? Dear lord. Thats 43 yrs of corruption

[@l1fey123]

That happend in indonesia, he wasnt in solitary but he had to spent ~30 years in prison. This happend due to the police accidentally got his fingerprints switched with his friends

[@JoseRamirez-yh2ll]

Wasn't enough evidence. That doesn't necessarily mean he is innocent. Innocent for the court is cant prove you did the crime. But who truly knows the details.

[@Jarell1661]

@Andrew Wu Yeah, we should stop talking about issues such as racism and poverty so that they can magically disappear. Good idea.

[@JuanRamirez-gu7dh]

@@JoseRamirez-yh2ll innocent UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY!

[@epicvicroyepic6725]

Fyi he was a horrible person who organized lynches but was never convicted

[@brandonthorpe9905]

I did 30 days in solitary and I was having auditory and visual hallucinations the last 10 days. They never me turn the light off and they only let me have a mat and cover for 4 hours a night, so a lot of it might have been sleep deprivation. It was so bright and stark white in there when they let me out for one hour in a little medium room with a shower, everything would look like I was looking through water. It was rough. Only 30 days. I can't imagine years.

[@CookiDough12346]

Brandon Thorpe what did you do?

[@jodiebuddle9932]

Later Last Roblox Flip of

[@CugelTheClever458]

What crime did you commit?

[@piadylan1207]

hate to say it but you commited a crime and you have to pay for it

[@zizi6538]

30 days it's still pretty long that's a month

[@user-qd7jv6ye2q]

I did over 30 days in a small confinement cell for fighting in two dorms, I Read a book a day and worked out, almost went crazy but it was also one of the most profound spiritual experiences in my life

[@brianpinion5844]

it was only peace of mind i got! i am bit of a loner i guess you could say but i slept good felt good , and i could see a female that worked there through bean flap , heyy we all have done it, it had been awhile so.......i raised it from a pup , ill beat it like a dog

[@jaysonedson]

Why did that guy around 1:10 start rubbing on the other guys leg?

[@theaussie6526]

It's his scratching buddy

[@jesusisaworm6778]

Uh because that’s his boyfriend?

[@baileymccoy8103]

Snaps audibly

[@tacticalhaven]

Big bubba and little Jimmy (1996 colorized)

[@jxguarfn9939]

Loool

[@nothisispatrick4644]

I would rather die than endure the psychological torture of solitary confinement

[@Da69expert1]

Me too.

[@4n4rch1st7]

It would be more like a vacation for me. I like confined spaces, im an introvert, and i have a very active imagination

[@exudeku]

but would you die or no sr/ssrs for 5 years?

[@htoodoh5770]

@@4n4rch1st7 You are making a mistake. Confined space is not the same as solitary confinement as you are devoid of any stimuli. When you confined to your room, you have at least some stimuli such as a book, toys etc. Even then, after several day or weeks you will begin desiring to go outside and crave new stimuli. Psychologically deterioration cause by solitary confinement are the same for both introvert and extrovert. We human are social creature, and desire stimuli. You yourself probably have socialized too. Especially with the internet, you can find more of those who have shared the same interest as yourself.

[@4n4rch1st7]

Fox i doubt i will but who knows *ONE DAY I MIGHT SNAP*

[@noobattempts]

it should be law at the very least give the prisoner books if they are in solitary confinement

[@justgarfield9721]

*N* *O*

[@alexanderlanderveil2138]

@Windows 10 Mapping i believe it should depend on the reason the person got there.

[@lorikibraimi8889]

SIender Man Even the most terrible crime isnt worth 43 years in a hole...

[@headofathousandsheepswool]

@@alexanderlanderveil2138 No. You either give everyone that right or no one. That's how equality work. Prisoners are already segregated enough.

[@brainwashingdetergent4128]

What about Mr Battle from Chicago who shot dead two teens 16 and 17 for asking him how tall he was in the store. Does he deserve a book to read? I dont think so. He deserves to sit there and think about what he did. Nothing but walls and thoughts to think about why he shot dead two teens for innocently asking him how tall he was.

[@pathughes9775]

They kept him solitary for 43 years cause of ACUSATION? Wtf

[@pathughes9775]

No shit sherlock holmes

[@louisxvii2137]

Wo Long prove it

[@hello-mm9sm]

LOUIS XVII Do you actually live under a rock? Racist cops are found everywhere.

[@maxwell9561]

@@hello-mm9sm yeah

[@austinhodgins6369]

Sounds about white.

[@calvin4721]

_Because there is no wifi_

[@edi9892]

LOL. I spent 1 year on my own writing my PhD. Internet helps

[@chaddd9350]

is*

[@dreadrockz]

s i m p l e

[@SD-hc4nj]

All you jacksses with your stupid profile pics still can't help but watch an education video.

[@doggy_ded_dingus]

lol

[@AJDaBaws]

It's very sad that many mental hospitals still use solitary confinement for people that are insane. All it does is make them more insane 😥

[@Venomsplatter]

... does it though if they are already mentally messed up beyond fixing I'm being legit here

[@rogaldorn4759]

@@Venomsplatter Consider the state of your health system. And whether psychiatrists actually care about the individual. Now apply what it means to suffer from a crippling mental condition while being tortured with solitary confinement. Please educate yourself.

[@imaginarychip4916]

@@Venomsplatter 🙄🙄

[@joeldecoster8816]

@@rogaldorn4759 what?

[@mkdcg]

It's not just used for "insane" people. They place people in there for a few reasons. First, if you're suicidal. Second, if you break the rules or are disruptive. Lastly, they might place someone in there for safety reasons, if someone on the ward has it out for them, and they need to be in a safe place away from that person. Even something silly like taking pictures on the ward with your cell phone will land you in a high observation or seclusion room. They claim "no pictures" for "privacy" reasons, but they have no problem filming people with security cameras. I asked, and even if you were in a room all by yourself and you took a selfie in it? Not allowed. No privacy violated if you're by yourself. They say that when a rule or law doesn't apply equally to everyone, that's called tyranny. I know, someone takes a picture in the hospital, goes on social media and the hospital might get bad press. However, this day and age, there's a whole bunch of other ways to talk about your experiences, not just a picture. People can write reviews of their hospital stay, visit to the mall or favorite store, all kinds of things. People read those Google reviews and will choose to shop there based on the reviews. Word of mouth is more powerful than any picture could ever be. I actually wrote a review on Google about my hospital stay, definitely wasn't 5 stars that's for sure! Unlike prison solitary, there is only like 3-4 high observation seclusion rooms from what I've read from most hospitals. Where I was staying, they had a "swing room" as they called it. I think this was a time out room perhaps. The rest of the unit had 26 rooms and most of the rooms had between 2-3 people staying in them.

[@rrm1903]

Im from iran and spent 14 months in solitary confinement, here solitary is a 2x3 cell with almost no light for most of the day, unless few hours when they let the tiny window on the cell door open (again if the hallway light was on) there were almost no sound of talking or birds or traffic, it was easier ti deal with the ringing when I talked or sang to myself or when it rained. the cell was dirty, I had 2 awful meals per day than together didnt have enough nutrients for a snack, I had 5 minutes per day to go to the bathroom in the same hallway and a 30 minute bath each friday, the only ppl I saw were gaurds, there were more than a dozen but only 6 would talk and 4 of them hated me for no reason. but still better than nothing. I lost 25 kilograms of weight, good portion of my hair, even more than a quarter of my eye lashes turned white, but the worst is my brain, Im not talking about mental health or PTSD, my brain is dead in many parts I can feel it physically, I have huge memory problems, I cant concentrate on anything, I cant talk properly anymore, and I constantly think differently, I cant decide anything or act in a concrete manner, I'm changing by the minute, I even judge my own thoughts of few minutes before. btw I'm not a murderer or something, I was imprisoned for 3 years and then while serving last 14 months solitary, all for thinking my mind, I questioned the dictator of iran, not even with the true honesty and rage within me, I just cowardly criticized his dictatorship. I was an engineer and artist before now I'm constantly lost and in pain.

[@dot4464]

No words. Insane. Wishing you all the best in the future, I hope it gets easier for you

[@raybanuelos8670]

have an acceptance and forgiveness party every day and force yourself to feel joy, by looking at anything funny

[@rrm1903]

@@dot4464 thank you

[@rrm1903]

@@raybanuelos8670 how? forgive this madness? every day they imprison murder torture the better people of my country and in the name of a barbaric piety they have became feudals while our children are in hunger, poverty, sexual abuse, insane religious codes with pegan punishments. they calls themselves demigods while our daughters are forced to marry them at only 14, they spend our income budgets on terrorism and riot police (within and out of the country) whist our currency, Rial, is worth 1/120000 of a USD, they hang liberals in public they whip lovers in public so may the "god" come through the broken skins. I will never forgive this madness. I did do it in my cell i tried and tried and kept my thoughts to myself to keep my head, I settled in a 2x3 cell just like we've settled in a country sized one. no,even in a cell you can be free, here we are all imprisoned in each of ourselves, we are walking cellblocks, and here there's only misery. I feel not as smart as I once was, but sadly not dumb enough to enjoy a fake laughter in this dim. they have taken our hope they cant take the hatred.

[@dynamicsolution8166]

@@rrm1903 get your hands on a bible, read it, and stand for something eternal, be a martyr for Christ. Its tempting to leave America and this false cushion I have here to join you!

[@notjoker2844]

i would go crazy in the first day.

[@jdunnatl]

I'm a writer and spent 2 summers in relative isolation. The second time I house-sat for a couple who went overseas for 3 months. They were relative hippies who lived in the hills away from people. I had no phone or television, but did have the internet. I seriously just about cracked. I became deeply suicidal and thought I wasn't going to make it. They had 2 cats, so it wasn't like I could just say "screw it", and leave. I definitely don't recommend going into that kind of a situation without having a back-up plan.

[@bigbob4320]

Classic chad going crazy after one day!

[@Wahid0172]

@@jdunnatl You had internet...

[@NisseCrusader]

@@jdunnatl Internet or a computer would make that a breeze i would like to think. When i was 14 i had to spend 1 months locked up 23 hrs a day in a cubical room with nothing to pass the time exept a pen and paper and lots of masturbation... i got released when it finally reached court and they noticed that i got locked up for not being active in school and that they suspected that i took drugs (i did not take drugs which their drug tests also shows).

[@danielyoung2027]

@@jdunnatl jdunnatl hate to say it but you sound like a millennial. You were suicidal because you were in a cabin for 3 months?? You had two animals, the internet and the freedom to go outside and eat and use the bathroom whenever you wanted. Sorry pal but you are a weak individual. You are comparing this to being in isolation with murders and child rapists as your close neighbors?? You are one weak individual!

[@evaristegalois6282]

*_Solitary confinement can’t drive you crazy if you’re already insane_*

[@pinkiru1619]

Fair enough

[@xxthat_weird_enbyxx2438]

Toché

[@calebfuller64]

true dat

[@scoobydoo1770]

Cracked the code

[@asianpersuasian3758]

Loophole

[@TacoMunchies]

When you could use these tips in everyday life too with depression/anxiety.

[@Venomsplatter]

Or grow a set and stop using anxiety and depression as an excuse I've been diagnosed with both but realized they were just excuses placed in my head by counselor s making a buck and an excuse to feel sorry for mysepf

[@asuuki2048]

Nick Wolf Hey... shut up 💜

[@TacoMunchies]

@Yeety Producers thank you for putting a body to the pursuer

[@YoimanMusic]

3 weeks in a two man cell nearly done my head in, specially when being innocent. Prison ain't a joke, only certain psychos belong locked up like that. Don't think I'll ever trust the legal system again in my life

[@fernandovargasmejia1211]

Something changes in you the first time other humans voluntarily private you from your freedom. I know.

[@imaverywhere6252]

Going crazy has left the chat

[@eef1271]

Holy shit you are everywhere

[@yuezhang8084]

Avery Lopez-Baines has left the chat

[@imaverywhere6252]

Yue Zhang This is my alt account. I can’t comment with my main here because that channel is blocked

[@Oliver-pi4wd]

Avery Lopez-Baines do you have a life ?

[@eef1271]

@Jason Bouphasavanh that's nice

[@enigmathegrayman2953]

4:30 “before I let them take something from me I would deny it from myself”

[@screamingnut]

I've been in solitary confinement for 2 weeks before, the first day you just panic then you have dreams that seem like reality when you fall asleep, days slowly pass by but as long as you can read or write you can pass some time, but even with reading and using your brain within about a week you lose yourself on the outside.. your humor goes to shit your thoughts are wild and all you feel like you know is inside those prison walls, you adapt and conquer, where I was at you had no track of time or what day it was, no clocks, no calenders, and only 2 hours tops of interaction with other inmates, you would get lost and not know what day it was but you could keep track of how many hours go by because a gaurd would go by your cell each hour on the hour to check and see if you okay, they would only stop and talk if you were disobeying rules or dead. If you were going crazy or crying they didn't care, I actually got more used to living in solitary then the outside world, it's still hard to be out some days

[@Wigconic.]

Infographics going crazy without Skillshare

[@Harp_7]

thats iconic. see what i did there

[@pinkdoe1725]

THE LIE WE LIVE no

[@vanessadotson8067]

NOW THATS A GOOD ONE... 👊✌

[@asuckforashekel9404]

I have social anxiety and became agoraphobic for like 3 years. All I can say is, do not isolate yourself socially. It really does start to drive you insane. But you can recover from it if you put in the effort.

[@Pocket9nes]

8:40 Love how applicable the 7 R's for dealing with solitary confinement are to us today during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown

[@trinidadgarcia8815]

Right on

[@cryspbacon]

april 2020 here: we COMPLETELY understand why now.

[@fernandovargasmejia1211]

July 2020. Do you, really? Do you?

[@MidnightBloomDev]

Sadly US solitary system aims at making money, not making better people _And teaches you how to play solitaire_

[@raaston9761]

Yeah except I would tell the guards abought it and use my charisma to get them to belive me and belive the truth about it to leverage then to give me electronic devices at least a small TV and a xbox

[@maximilliansus6487]

@@raaston9761 bro.... They make money off of prisons why would they give to them

[@dakotarizza9314]

@@raaston9761 would not happen.

[@user-ob1wj1ox2d]

*do you know? if you are already crazy, you won't be crazy.*

[@abiral_neupane4045]

tell that to the crazy people

[@sujimtangerines]

Who in the hell counts hash marks that way? There were 6 and 8 base groupings... WTF?

[@canary6215]

It's satire. For design.

[@sparklz55]

idk.. your cell, your rules I guess.. it's not like the guards will inspect and give you credit for doing it the right way now, would they?

[@sujimtangerines]

@@sparklz55 Missing the point. The whole hash system is to make it easy to count groupings. If some are 6 and some are 8 (as they are here) then what's the point? Might as well just do single marks and count them every day. Also, I'm referring to the animator choosing to do it that way? You know, the person creating the video? It's not like we saw into a real cell where real people were marking time like that.

[@sujimtangerines]

@@canary6215 I'm not sure how that represents satire... Please do explain.

[@sparklz55]

Bruh... U gotta chill. It's a video. As long as the information abt the topic is accurate, why not let the animators play with their cartoons? Groups of 6, 8, 12..or monkeys and boats interchangeablely won't do Squat to the quality of info now, would it? 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@flowerondiscord4254]

*Can I bring my sketchbook, pencils, erasers, and coloring there?*

[@road_king_dude]

No

[@Jake12220]

Depends on the prison, the state, the country and how dangerous the prisoner is considered. Many are allowed to do art and have art supplies. Of course anything seen as a potential weapon would likely not be allowed. A lot of American prisons seem to have worse conditions than any other developed western country. Check out Scandinavian prisons for the other extreme (mind you their prisoners rarely end up going back).

[@Jake12220]

@FlogRocks did you even watch the video? As it points out there are two basic types of solitary, one is to protect a person from others and one is a form of punishment, plus what you are legally entitled to varies a lot depending on what country (or what state in the USA). Solitary as a punishment is very rarely used for long, it's generally like a time out for a toddler so more than a week or two is unusual, but solitary to protect a person or to keep trouble makers away from the general population will often last years or decades and they can generally have access to things like art supplies, books, TVs ECT.

[@emmanuelpuente9832]

Yes u can threw canteen or commissary or indigent

[@flowerondiscord4254]

FlogRocks 😂 what I have never tried and even been to a starbucks and I don’t even have netflix. I just wanted to know if you can.

[@88_TROUBLE_88]

When they cut me loose from prison I had 12 yrs built up of hole time. I did my best to read and workout. I never looked forward to release from prison and was pleasantly surprised when it happened. I still see the world the the lens of my experiences in suoermax. 14 yrs later

[@berda7370]

r/thathappened

[@thatboywhodraws7542]

Berda ur too lazy to post this on reddit

[@cazador3863]

Haha prisoner go back to jail weirdo

[@canary6215]

This definitely happened.

[@maxkassel1765]

Let's look up Christopher Frasher on public criminal records? Will edit back once I've found (or not found) something. Edit: Christopher Frasher is an American name, and your KZbin history suggests you are American. In America, there are 17 people known to be named Christopher Frasher. Of them, only one (who lives in upstate California) has been convicted of a felony. They were sentenced to one month in a low security prison for an armed robbery. Are you done lying now?

[@violenceisfun991]

Whenever I was in solitary confinement I would pass the time by pacing in circles or laying with my arm under my face on the floor so it was nice and dark. I would think of people I knew on the out and I'd try to imagine what they were doing at that moment or thinking how their lives were going, I'd try not to think of anything to do with being incarcerated; Id think of places i wanted to visit and things I'd like to try when I got out, I'd also think of what kind of flat I'd want to live in when I got out and how I'd decorate it and stuff. I'd visualise every single detail when I would think about these things

[@trickster6669]

"Imagine you couldn't leave the room you are in for a couple of days" Me in lockdown cause of Corona virus: haha yeah

[@taraelizabethdensley9475]

I'd be lost without my books

[@DirtyFan2]

Yeah but most people in lock down still are able to go outside, groceries etc. Have you ever been 10 days inside not even looking outside the window? Also alone? Yeah didnt think so.

[@Pinch-il6zt]

I've been there for a considerable time, and like every monotonous, routine, groundhog day situation, all it takes is imagination. You're only physically bound, not mentally

[@NewbyTon]

Me during the holidays

[@vAqeii]

Cri

[@thatboywhodraws7542]

lmao

[@theallied1850]

I be feelin like soltairy confinement because of the quarantine right now

[@eliannam.5700]

Aside from jokes "you can't lose it if you're already mad", I was reading an article about this yesterday. Among other things, it said "Given that the U.S. has 10 times as many people with mental illnesses in jails than in state hospitals, the use of isolation for people with mental illnesses is beyond troubling". "Solitary confinement often exacerbates existing psychiatric conditions and not infrequently leads to suicide. In Texas, for example, suicides rates for those in solitary confinement are five times higher than that of the general prison community." Oh, and there's solidary confinement in some mental health hospitals too.

[@Da69expert1]

Can confirm about the mental hospitals. I was thrown in there cause my mom's a bitch, i literally was taken kicking and screaming and placed in solitary then promptly sedated, luckily for me i was only there for a few days.

[@eliannam.5700]

Da69expert1 I'm so sorry to hear about your experience. I think it's completely unhelpful and shouldn't be in practice anymore. Especially in mental hospitals.

[@phoineazznicca]

Thanks for this.

[@kr1221E]

A cynical part of me says that is why they do it so people will off themselves, to get rid of them :(

[@piadylan1207]

gimme my phone, a charger and wifi and I’ll be good 😂

[@DirtyFan2]

Thats what you think but people still go insane such as students who are over a week in their room / kitchen doing nothing, not going out and not even watching outside the window.

[@rachit7185]

*Who wants Infographics on KZbin rewind 2019?*

[@kentoscocos5238]

Really this one is a go

[@scoobydoo1770]

No

[@omar8487]

I do but as you know they don't add anything good lol

[@TheInfographicsShow]

@@omar8487 lol

[@antiepix9555]

*It’s rewind time*

[@NeuroScientician]

I havent left my room for 2 months and yes, I did enjoyed my stay :D

[@technologyclub6870]

Cuz u have wifi

[@NeuroScientician]

@@technologyclub6870 I'd be Ok with books too.

[@Venomsplatter]

Lotta fappin don't lie now

[@pchound5962]

Being home alone for 8 hours drives me crazy

[@GamesCooky]

Being out in public drives me crazy.

[@evil_patrick7073]

I’m going to watch happy death day tonight :3

[@confusedjerry9420]

Same 😑

[@AssasynCounterExtrem]

@@GamesCooky same

[@satariawilliams7573]

Same

[@chupacabra9357]

Next Video: "Why Does It Hurt If You Get Impaled Through The Stomach?"

[@michaelfarar4232]

Yeah...Okay, they're showing cell door/cage bars, when, in reality, it's just a small door making it that much more psychologically torturous. Claustrophobia anyone?

[@ThinkerYT]

I believe that its not the fact that you are in solitary confinement which makes you crazy, I think people go crazy because of the fact that they dont know when or if they will ever leave that lonely place.

[@Da69expert1]

That's not mutually exclusive ya know... it can def both however prolonged sentencing will of course exacerbate your suffering and mental health.

[@msmelaninaire5702]

Makes sense

[@trinidadgarcia8815]

You'll knoe

[@leankarl1711]

Tekashi69 joined the chat

[@mayidiepls6662]

tekashi 69 left because he's a snitch and will probably get gunned down in a month anyways

[@nacho74]

@@mayidiepls6662 he isn't a snitch. He did the right thing with cooperating

[@mayidiepls6662]

@@nacho74 not really 69 joined a gang he know what the code was if your gonna snitch they are going to try to kill you and the people that you love and he snitched on Kuda who is someone that was his friend and only helped 69 and didn't try to harm him so that was a bit fucked

[@nacho74]

@@mayidiepls6662 he had no other choice. Either fighting against criminal activities and getting out or staying in prison for a lifetime for crimes he didn't commit and a lifestyle which wasn't really his nor representing him.

[@mayidiepls6662]

@@nacho74 that's where your wrong go back to all of his song where he is saying treyway this treyway that when in his videos he videos he had 50 different bloods throwing up gang sigh with him and toteing guns saying stuff like"i killed a n*gga this I robbed a n*gga that" and there is video proof of him and shottie robbing someone after he blow up and him saying he put a 10 pack($10,000) on chief Kieth's head which he said he did for what so he can prove he's gang he did all of that and he didn't have to he was already rich it's his own pussy ass to become something he's not

[@GLASSB182]

Holy wow, all those remedies to staying sane is absolutely true! I haven't been to prison but for a time, like everyone here, I grew depressed in my early 20s and spent lots of time to myself, wanting to explore my own mind and find some way out of this perpetual funk. All these activities I practiced: writing, reading, painting, drawing, fantasizing/meditating, coming close to acceptance. Then when covid happened just after I came out of that long funk, I was prepared and carried on with these activities to the utmost! I really found a light deep down, and that helped. Though I still hit my lows but it could've been a lot worse, and yet I was still grateful for the health and security I had throughout the lock down. I'm 27 now, still managing myself as willfully as I can to keep busy, and feel fully confident I can go another year or two in lock down if I had to. *knock on wood*

[@ivanthegreat1980]

Split wigs and bust cheeks to stay sane

[@Sunset309]

The big herc way

[@forfreedom.3570]

Oh yeah yeah.

[@movementman9777]

I think we need to get rid of it.

[@keejsallyspirallie261]

I have always been lonely, I have never been shy, I just don't find attractive to socialize, since I study at home once I passed three months without going out, obviously my house is not a prison, but sincerely the thing I most apreciate about it rather than a cell is the privacy, I am poor, so most of my life I hadn't a cellphone nor a pc, only mountains of books, notebooks and school items. The most I passed without seeing any person were those three months, though, my contact with people is minimum, only at the stores when buying groceries or books, the reasons I don't get crazy or feel depressed are two, first I know any day I can talk to someone, but I just think about it and I lost all interest since I don't see the point nor joy, and second, I am not away from society in all sense, books, music, history, philosophy, all human things that make me happy and the reasons why the human is my favourite creature, but as with a polar bear, I rather watch them from distance, they are not good for me, nor me for them.

[@danielporter7773]

YOUR LUCKY, JAIL is a different world, stay well away from it

[@Coco111s2]

Am i the only person who would like solitary confinement over being in general prison population...

[@robloxgod6945]

Or so you think

[@skoshow8418]

Sounds like fear more than anything. Prison isn’t that bad though I don’t recommend it. Everyone thinks it’s non-stop violence and raping. It’s 99% boredom and finding ways to pass time.

[@zoa3244]

How bad is prison really? I mean it’s kinda like school but without mindless education being thrown your way.

[@OriginalCovfefe]

Go ahead. Try it out.

[@maxipaw-dc5xj]

I was thinking the same thing my biggest fear would be raped by other prisoners

[@lukasdoepke9700]

I won’t drive me crazy, I am already insane

[@johnny1992black]

crazy and insane are 2 different thing

[@samizdat_]

Bruh the corona quarantine got me thinking. I feel these people smh

[@spiritualkoi7807]

I would rather be strapped to a chair blindfolded for 24 hours a day listening to its everyday bro than solitary confiment

[@Josh-xz4ec]

In my opinion, one of the worst thing that can happen to you apart from suicide - self harm in solitary confinement, is developing social-anxiety disorder.

[@Da69expert1]

Suicide would be the best thing to happen to me in solitary confinement.

[@Josh-xz4ec]

@@Da69expert1 hmm, ok

[@Da69expert1]

@@Josh-xz4ec i mean would you want to live an existence where you face a wall 23/7???

[@thatboywhodraws7542]

Da69expert1 it’s better than having to interact with real life hoomans lolol

[@greetings.haveaniceday.7162]

@@Da69expert1 That's never the answer.

[@markrozmarynoskidelgado6844]

I’ll be fine if there’s wifi

[@squaretrianglez]

But no mobile or laptop or pc?

[@markrozmarynoskidelgado6844]

I know I just need A Xbox

[@shreenjandutta]

Easier said than done

[@NewbyTon]

Vsauce has done this And he survived

[@vAqeii]

It's because Vsauce is a madlad

[@runguardian6868]

Micheal stevens did it for 3 days and not many years in mind field season 1 episode 1

[@ThePunkdude1]

Because vsause is a god

[@jasonhorton9920]

Newby Ton but he’s a god

[@rdrdrd7777]

3 days big deal, just a publicity stunt! Plus he knew he was getting out! Watched it what a joke, to real prisoners going through this.

[@mariaqueenb4560]

This sounds like the story of khory wise. The central park 5 should be talked about more there story makes me cry.

[@DavenDebQuay]

I've done time in the box. Where I was there was a 30 cell block. Everyone would just yell out their doors to each other all day although there was a lot of quiet days as well depending on the atmosphere of the block from day to day... Plus everyone did rec together after breakfast every morning for an hour.. The only inmates in restraints were the ones who got in fights and even then it was only for five days.. You get use to it. You can get books. You can get colored pencils and stationary from the commissary... You could get out for an hour a day to use the law library, which was on a kiosk in the middle of the block meaning you could talk to people in their cells without any problems. The point is you exploit the situation to stop from going nutty..

[@generalkenobi5173]

*Charles managed to take a hostage inside a PRISON howww?*

[@hi.moriarty]

According to the movie, one was a librarian (I think...) when he was dropping off a new book and the second one was the art teacher. It's a very interesting movie.

[@DeadPixel1105]

Oh, Charlie managed to take MANY hostages while in prison. He loves his hostage taking.

[@evaristegalois6282]

**survives solitary confinement without going crazy** *Willpower 100*

[@Rutley7]

Inspiring. Nice to see it's about how to get through it, not just how people spiral downwards as the title suggests.

[@thedavidjscott_]

I enjoy reading, writing, and meditation. I would literally just do all three all the time. Probably workout too. Not to mention I’m a major introvert. Not that any of those would keep me from going insane, but I feel like I’d do alright.

[@DeadPixel1105]

I went to county jail for 9 months a decade ago when I was in my mid 20s, and I wound up getting solitary confinement as punishment for a fist fight I was involved in. It was only two weeks, so my feedback is pretty meaningless I admit, but how I occupied myself during those two weeks: *Tons of reading. I've always been a big reader, and it became a literal obsession during my 2 weeks in solitary. I read so many novels during those two weeks. *Tons of writing. I wrote at least two letters a day to friends or family members. *At that time, I kind of got into religion. More specifically, the study of 'comparative religion', in which you study, compare, and contrast the beliefs and origins of multiple religions, without really believing in or adopting any of those religions for yourself. I am not into any of that anymore, and I am not religious in the least anymore, but I had a Bible, a Qur'an, and some other religious texts with me in that cell, and I read and studied them obsessively. Even though I did not believe in these religions, I admit the Bible and Qur'an can still be very motivational and uplifting at times. It actually helped keep my spirits up. *Meditation/prayer. *I practiced the last example used in the video a lot. I compared my situation to similar or much worse situations others have experienced throughout history. It helped remind me that what I was going through was actually extremely minor and nothing to worry about at all. It was no big deal in the grand scheme of things. *I also developed a habit of trying to memorize books and texts. I would pace my cell back and forth and try to recite, from memory, a book I was currently reading. From the first word of the book to as far into the book as my memory would allow me. And I kept practicing this - able to recite from memory more and more of the book as the days went by. It's a pretty ridiculous and pointless activity in general, but when you're bored and in isolation and only have a few books to entertain you, trying to memorize an entire book is actually pretty effective in passing the time. *I'd "listen" to my favorite songs in my head. I play guitar and know basic-intermediate musical theory as well, so I would write my own songs in my head and transcribe them to paper as best I could. I'd use paper and a pen/pencil, draw a musical staff, and start transcribing my song to the best of my ability. I'd also transcribe songs I did not write. My favorite songs. I would transcribe them to sheet music as well, just for something to do. That was my tiny, insignificant experience. I feel so bad for people stuck in solitary for months or years or, worse of all, decades. I can't even imagine that.

[@evenstar4076]

As an introvert, my whole life is like solitary confinement.

[@reyvinicio7269]

I almost went insane doing 2 yrs in solitary confinement...but the most high herd my prayers and instantly stopped my dizziness and bad headache.

[@bluejay0895]

I spent years in a hospital behind a locked door… able to go for smoke breaks but sometimes they would take away your passes for many days for smoking weed or misbehaviour... It was torturous… getting through it was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do, on many occasions… if you didn’t stay calm and keep it together it drives you crazy..

[@selenagomez1010101]

anyone here in real life solitary confinement aka quarantine

[@willowhicks6824]

All of the Infographic speakers have beautiful voices😍

[@kristinoleka8957]

Robert Maudsley didn’t deserve solitary confinement at all, the system failed him each and every time he asked for help. I really hope he gets the justice he deserves

[@theniceneighbor]

Everyday I spend about 10 minutes a day in solitary while I poop. I come out refreshed and ready to take on the world.

[@afroplasm5956]

@1:23 >Thomas Edward "Silverstein" >"""Aryan""" Brotherhood leader LMFAO

[@GamesCooky]

It probably wouldn't be too different from my current life.

[@flintsepicsword1628]

1 week in jail (wrongfully so, as in accused but didn’t do anything) felt like an absolute eternity. The mind was in a constant battle with no feelings but betrayal and lacking all clarity. I for one personally could never imagine being trapped for 40 years, yet alone 8 days!

[@leporellothegoldfinch]

0:45 The graphic artist who made the animation clearly doesn't understand tally marks.

[@unlimitedrabbit]

Day One I've been in prison for a few hours and everyone here tilts their head side to side ALL THE TIME. The inmates, the staff; even I've started doing it.

[@capncake8837]

You out yet?

[@unlimitedrabbit]

@@capncake8837 I was being facetious.

[@CMOVlogs]

Whats worse is being in a room full of people and feeling alone!

[@robloxgod6945]

Hope all is well, there are people that care about you

[@johnny1992black]

its better then being around braindead people who mimic as if they caring

[@IronEd636]

Well.... I guess this is the best option to those who think it is better to be alone than badly accompanied.

[@siverns1993]

I spent 15 hours in isolation at the police station and that’s enough for me lol

[@josecortez5213]

If you are in Guantanamo bay they can run the lights at varying intervals like 2 hours one day and 20 the next this can run a hard one on a persons circadian rhythm if done for months and random.

[@flavium9664]

Did You ever look at a comment and think to yourself “I WISH I WROTE THAT”

[@carriemahoney1721]

The lights that never go off is what drove me crazy

[@potato4551]

“How do you think you would get through it?” *hysterical laughter* considering I have a fear of nothingness and hence being alone or quietness- I wouldn’t

[@AssasynCounterExtrem]

I embrace nothingness.

[@bigsaintdaroadrunna2829]

When i was in solitary, i got some of the best sleep of my life.

[@Regular_Decorated_Emergency]

OH, I KNOW, MAYBE BECAUSE YOU ARE TRAPPED IN A ROOM FOR 23 HOURS!

[@steinstokke1557]

I was in solitary in 62 days, but this was in norway prision, we are lucky to Get a TV, that helped me alot

[@michaelcoleman1346]

I did 11 days of solitary and it was what I needed at the time. This video has some good to great points within it. I read at least one biography a week before the lockdown; it usually was about someone way more famous, in much worse shape and some did not pull the plane out of the tailspin. Meditating alone, isolated can be a blessing after living with 59 other souls in a small bunk type area for well over a year and a half. Controlling my routine were key. Daily tasks. Everyone must have a purpose to keep their stuff together. Does not have to be a massive purpose. The once a week the cleaner and mops and brooms were shared were uplifting times I try to bring to my cleaning while in the free world. I ended up in prison for possessing and processing a plant. One fight over $7.00 (if you judge, you have much to learn about things inside) and there I was for possibly 30 days. Be one with yourself or your time will be horrible no matter what you do. If you go, detach from all tech, forget about things to be bought in the free world and be comfortable with alone time. Read a ton and stick to yourself.

[@nabeelkhan4910]

Here you go: 1. Rescheduling 2. Removal 3. Reduction 4. Reorientation 5. Resistance 6. Raptness 7. Reinterpretation.

[@thetiminator55]

There is a difference between solitary confinement (as a punishment) and solitary confinement (as protection AKA SNU or special needs unit). The punishment is a bare room and is designed as psychological punishment. However pedophiles and arrested cops and serial killers are confined into solitary cells that have books and the prisoner has the ability to write. One is punishment the other isnt.

[@yoursisterfromanothermiste6696]

TheTiminator Because they know some prisoners would get their asses pulverized.

[@miahw7064]

He said crocheting but but a picture of knitting 😂

[@claytonbenignus4688]

From my experience as an Instructor, I noticed that the Inmates could blitz through a tome like Dante's Inferno, Gone with the Wing, or The Count of Monte Christo in days. Their problem was, even with a 6 month sentence, to find enough reading material to get through their sentence. . . . and of course leaving a novel in the middle (say page 482 in a 2000 page novel) upon release.

[@MidnightBloomDev]

Northern countries have perfected prisons

[@kenneth9452]

Thats because they have smaller population, less immigrants.

[@thegigadykid1]

@@kenneth9452 nope

[@thegigadykid1]

@@kenneth9452 theyre just better at it

[@clitcrusader4897]

Pretty much norway only

[@razielonex2469]

It's interesting how intense we are constantely surrounded by entertainment and the freedom to choose what we want which is sensory overload and that is not always pleasant, ironically. When we miss an episode on Netflix or can't use the internet for some time because of connectivity problems, it can make us very unhappy. I think we can learn much of those people and the situation of solitude with no freedom or personal property, something that most of us can't even apprehend how impossible such a life would be.

[@kpridezzang]

I love solitary classic game

[@moopymeebloopy456]

That would be scary

[@Skottravels]

I spent a few years off and on in this. Probably wasn't great for me. Pacing was a great sport for me. For hours.

[@blaghmrblafh4348]

Think about it... most people are in Solitary Confinement but its circumvented by social media and online video games... lol..

[@jimmyking7386]

Your new mic is amazing. I was just watching an old episode and immediately noticed the difference.

[@user-zt9hu1tf4p]

Social media, music made me less lonely. 😊

[@giffy5087]

I would sleep most of the time

[@Venomsplatter]

We all know we'd jack it most of the time

[@urmom4168]

this is so easy...I lock myself in my room all the time :D

[@itsyoungjim]

DatDragonGurrrl lol

[@TheInfographicsShow]

yeah, it's the same thing 😉🤔

[@playmateoftheyearduh]

@@TheInfographicsShow oop..got eeem

[@unwelldanny7108]

same

[@squaretrianglez]

Its different

[@letsplaybaby8098]

The only great thing about solitary confinement is how UNBELIEVABLY self-aware you can become. My own rage is what got me there so learning coping mechanisms has helped me immensely.

[@RexoryByzaboo]

When I'm angry, I went to my fantasy world then be naughty there. That's so safe.