I'm a psych nurse, solitary should be drastically changed to be more humane. At least have dimmable lights. The other biggest missing piece is a CLOCK. When I myself spent some time in the room, the worst part wasn't the blasting lights but the absolute lack of change, lack of connection to new stimulation, and the suspension of understanding the passage of time. Really easy for the facilities to buy a simple clock to put in the rooms, but they don't. The "professionals" are also told not to talk to the patient so it's just the patient alone in a blinding light while an unresponsive good who is supposed to be a mental health professional stares and documents. How are paranoid patients supposed to take hours upon hours of this treatment without any permanent emotional/mental damage or PTSD?
They kept turning the lights on checking on her every half hour 24/7
No, that's not how it works. The lights never go out in jail. Ever.
They do dim at night.
Not in solitary (not that I know from experience but I do)
I'm a psych nurse, solitary should be drastically changed to be more humane. At least have dimmable lights. The other biggest missing piece is a CLOCK. When I myself spent some time in the room, the worst part wasn't the blasting lights but the absolute lack of change, lack of connection to new stimulation, and the suspension of understanding the passage of time. Really easy for the facilities to buy a simple clock to put in the rooms, but they don't. The "professionals" are also told not to talk to the patient so it's just the patient alone in a blinding light while an unresponsive good who is supposed to be a mental health professional stares and documents. How are paranoid patients supposed to take hours upon hours of this treatment without any permanent emotional/mental damage or PTSD?
They do in general population in county at least. That's all I have first hand knowledge of. Thankfully I don't know about solitary!
Do you know the difference between the words "dim" and "off"?
No, why don't you explain it to me?