Weban inmate looks out a window in his solitary confinement cell at the main jail in san jose.

Many of the prisoners subjected to isolation,.

Webabout 122,840 people in federal and state adult prisons and federal and local jails were placed in restrictive housing — informally known as solitary confinement.

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Websolitary confinement is never the answer:

Gavin newsom vetoed a bill that would have limited solitary confinement in state prisons.

Webin recent years, prison officials have increasingly turned to solitary confinement as a way to manage difficult or dangerous prisoners.

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