Prison lights-out policy could worsen mental health crisis, campaigners say [TheGuardian.com]

Samantha Sangenito 8/20/1412:00 PM

"They are plunged into darkness alone and with no one to talk to until the next morning. You don't need to be a psychologist to realise that this is very dangerous.

"The very experience of prison is damaging to your mental health but imagine if you have had bouts of depression in the past or any kind of mental health problem and are then locked up in a cell for 22 hours a day with stinking ventilation and really a rather grotty diet for weeks on end."

[For more of this story, written by Ben Quinn, go to http://www.theguardian.com/soc...-mental-health-claim]

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