To the question of the influence of solitary confinement on the psyche of persons sentenced to deprivation of liberty and person in custody
The article is devoted to the influence of solitary confinement in a cell on the psyche of a convict or a person in custody. Numerous studies of foreign and domestic specialists record negative changes in mental and somatic health, as well as an increase in aggressive and auto-aggressive tendencies among convicts held in solitary confinement and deprived of the possibility of social contacts. The isolation of solitary confinement leads to an increased risk of developing mental disorders, the possibility of self-harm and suicide attempts. The optimal forms and conditions of detention of those sentenced to deprivation of liberty have always been a debatable issue. However, the pandemic reality of the last two years has made serious adjustments not only to the functioning of the socio-economic institutions of society and the everyday life of people, the theme of isolation and loneliness has sounded in a new way. Certain groups of the population, including prisoners in prisons, were particularly vulnerable in such a situation. Against this background, in the countries of Western Europe, the voices of scientists and human rights activists about the imperfection of cell placement of prisoners are increasingly heard; discussions among experts are intensifying, calling for a radical reorganization of the penitentiary system. There is a change in the paradigm, when the unconditional value of individualism, which determines the basic principles of organizing the life of society and its social institutions, is called into question. Probably, the Russian way of organizing the placement of convicts (the detachment system) actually turns out to be optimal and can be in demand in the West.