FRONTLINE: Solitary Nation
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FRONTLINE hour long episode/film on Solitary Confinement.
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Is someone tortured?
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Solitary confinement is graphically depicted and described, with persons describing the psychological effects of it. It is torture.
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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An inmate describes how other inmates self harm by cutting and mutilating their testicles.
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Is there domestic violence?
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There are several suicide attempts as well.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Persons in solitary are often shown banging and kicking the windows and doors until they hurt themselves.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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There is frequent debate by the officers about whether people are "faking" mental illness and related conditions.
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Is someone buried alive?
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It is a film about solitary confinement, one person often describes it as "like being buried alive," but it is not shown on screen.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Gibbs, one of the inmates, mentions strangling an officer. It is not shown on screen.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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No, BUT solitary is often likened to this by the narration and persons in the documentary, and there are scenes of people in cells and rooms behaving violently and erratically.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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There are threats of suicide as well as suicidal ideation by many prisoners.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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No, but the inmates often flood the unit using the toilets and there is lots of urine and fecal matter and vomit in the film.
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