Solitary confinement is often used in prisons as punishment for those who violate rules. In the article Could This Be the End of Solitary Confinement in Prisons, Su-chin Lee defines solitary confinement as the practice of isolating inmates which involves putting prisoners in twelve-by-eight-foot cells without windows. The punishment is unnecessary and has already been banned from New York due to its inhumanity to its prisoners. Solitary confinement does more harm than good and is very costly. The use of solitary confinement should be abolished in prisons. Solitary confinement does more harm than good. Intimates can be damaged after being kept in a cell for twenty-three hours. They may become more violent while