The use of solitary confinement and in-custody mortality in North Carolina State Prisons, 2021–2023
Solitary confinement is common in NC prisons and is associated with elevated death rates in custody. There is an urgent need to document the types and duration of solitary stays to ultimately end this punitive practice.
Authors
- Katherine LeMasters (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1754-1730)
- Lauren Brinkley‐Rubinstein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2191-6240)
- Jennifer Lao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2599-8243)
- Sara N. Levintow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5558-526X)
- Craig Waleed
- Zaire Cullins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0004-2644)
- Erin McCauley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7648-437X)
- Michael Forrest Behne
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Colorado School of Public Health (US)
- Duke University (US)
- Lee University (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- North Carolina Clinical Research (US)
- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (US)
- Case Western Reserve University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- SSM - Population Health
- Published
- 2025-09-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2025.101865
- Primary Topic
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00