Day. The occasion should remind us of the importance of resilience, and the need to fight injustice and racism in our country. There have been many discussions centered on racial justice and mass incarceration, and rightfully so. Yet one of the most inhumane pillars of mass incarceration is the use of solitary confinement to isolate people of color, break their spirit and cut them off from their communities.are in solitary confinement in the United States.
The experience hurt my soul. It took everything inside of me to not suffer a mental breakdown, or harm myself. I was lucky enough to survive. There are many who did not. The way the system was setup was no accident. The racism is obvious for those who care to look. In California,that Latinos made up 42 percent of the general prison population, but 86 percent of those in solitary confinement.