How to punish a person who is already punished? This is the problem facing the penal system. At first glance, solitary confinement seems like the perfect solution. Implemented to protect prison staff and other inmates from harm caused by dangerous and unruly prisoners, the side effects of solitary confinement can often be far worse and destructive to prison rehabilitation than the benefits of such system. The abuse and excessive use of this form of punishment has had serious social and moral repercussions. Social exclusion, rehabilitation in the form of punishment and the lack of supervision of prison staff in many maximum security prisons all contribute to the detrimental effects that solitary confinement, as it is colloquially known, has on the mental stability of a person, often transforming rational decision-making. in a near-impossibility for the individuals who endure this mentally taxing prison within a prison. Separation, neutralization and deterrence of criminal activity have always been the main reasons why prisons exist. The ultimate goal is to remove these individuals from society and prevent them from causing further harm to others, but the conditions under which offenders are brought into these facilities often increase the likelihood that they will cause further harm once released into the company. Poor enforcement and separation from normally functioning social systems may be exactly why prisoners fail to reintegrate into society. Punishment contradicts rehabilitation. imprinted in their minds. But this fairly new idea of ​​...... middle of paper ...... or risking life imprisonment, will never again have the opportunity to walk in a normal society, and his rehabilitation will only have little effect on the general public. . But for most, prison is only a temporary incapacitation, a deterrent, an attempt at rehabilitation after which they will be released back into society to become productive or continue to be destructive. Prolonged solitary confinement produces extremes that prove unfavorable to the individual and the state. To assume that a person can be rehabilitated simply by adding punishment upon punishment, by placing them in mentally destructive conditions such as solitary confinement, is not only outdated, but beyond the rational understanding of a society as advanced as ours. Maybe we are not who we say we are. Maybe as a people we still have a lot to learn.