Solitary Confinement of Mentally Ill Inmates in Oregon's Prisons

In 2015, we went inside the Oregon State Penitentiary unit that houses inmates with severe mental illness. What we found was alarming. Individuals spent 23 hours a day confined in dark, stifling cells. Solitary confinement exacerbates mental illness of prisoners, and undermines their basic humanity.

We published our findings in a report “Behind the Eleventh Door”. In 2016, the Department of Corrections (DOC) signed an agreement to transform the treatment of prisoners with mental illness and bring conditions up to constitutional standards within four years. Since then, we’ve been tracking ODOC’s progress.





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