{"id":18205,"date":"2017-02-25T08:15:56","date_gmt":"2017-02-25T08:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/viralnova.com\/solitary-confinement\/"},"modified":"2017-02-25T08:15:56","modified_gmt":"2017-02-25T08:15:56","slug":"i-didnt-think-a-murderer-in-prison-could-bring-a-tear-to-my-eye-but-this-did-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/18205","title":{"rendered":"I Didn’t Think A Murderer In Prison Could Bring A Tear To My Eye, But This Did It."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>When prisoners are held in solitary confinement they are put in small, windowless cells for 22 to 24 hours a day. The United Nations has denounced solitary confinement as torture. The prisoners experience severe depression, sensory deprivation among other psychological effects. A prison rights group wanted to give inmates locked in a super-maximum security prison the chance to see images they were desperate to see. These are the touching photos they requested.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>His own auntie’s house.<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/1487994363977-prisoner-pictures.jpg\" alt=\"His own auntie's house.\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>A stained glass window a prisoner liked.<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14879943648353-prisoner-pictures2.jpg\" alt=\"A stained glass window a prisoner liked.\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>The Chicago skyline.<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14879943649252-prisoner-pictures3.jpg\" alt=\"The Chicago skyline.\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>South King and 63rd on the South Side of Chicago.<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14879943652055-prisoner-pictures4.jpg\" alt=\"South King and 63rd on the South Side of Chicago.\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>A photograph of the inmate and three wild lions.<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14879943659021-prisoner-pictures5.jpg\" alt=\"A photograph of the inmate and three wild lions.\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>The Michael Jordan statue.<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14879943657246-prisoner-pictures6.jpg\" alt=\"The Michael Jordan statue.\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>A picture of his mother (she passed away the year before), a castle, a Hummer and a big pile of money.<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14879943661862-prisoner-pictures8.jpg\" alt=\"A picture of his mother (she passed away the year before), a castle, a Hummer and a big pile of money.\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>The Puerto Rican flag.<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14879943662409-prisoner-pictures9.jpg\" alt=\"The Puerto Rican flag.\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>The Masonic Temple.<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14879943661898-prisoner-pictures10.jpg\" alt=\"The Masonic Temple.\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>The downtown Christmas tree.<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14879943677312-prisoner-pictures11.jpg\" alt=\"The downtown Christmas tree.\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>The Navy Pier.<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14879943672740-prisoner-pictures12.jpg\" alt=\"The Navy Pier.\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>Genesee Street in Downtown Waukegan, Illinois.<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14879943687939-prisoner-pictures13.jpg\" alt=\"Genesee Street in Downtown Waukegan, Illinois.\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>The members of Tamms Year Ten fighting for the men at Tamms.<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/1487994368692-prisoner-pictures15.jpg\" alt=\"The members of Tamms Year Ten fighting for the men at Tamms.\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>A vigil at Bald Knob Cross held for the inmates.<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14879943682316-prisoner-pictures16.jpg\" alt=\"A vigil at Bald Knob Cross held for the inmates.\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>Some inmates asked their Department of Corrections photos to be placed on different backgrounds so they could be sent to their families.<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14879943693124-prisoner-pictures17.jpg\" alt=\"Some inmates asked their Department of Corrections photos to be placed on different backgrounds so they could be sent to their families.\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14879943699843-prisoner-pictures18.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>A boy and girl, in their Sunday best, sitting side by side on a piano bench, with a single rose on the keys (this photo was a present for the inmate’s wife).<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14879943693108-prisoner-pictures19.jpg\" alt=\"A boy and girl, in their Sunday best, sitting side by side on a piano bench, with a single rose on the keys (this photo was a present for the inmate's wife).\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>Several inmates requested images of the area where Chicago public housing project Robert Taylor Homes used to be, and what it looks like now.<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14879943703399-prisoner-pictures20.jpg\" alt=\"Several inmates requested images of the area where Chicago public housing project Robert Taylor Homes used to be, and what it looks like now.\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14879943701154-prisoner-pictures21.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14879943702800-prisoner-pictures22.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14879943712182-prisoner-pictures23.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t<h3>One inmate asked for a picture of a friend that will write to them.<\/h3>\n\t\t<div class=\"image-block\">\n\t\t<div class=\"image-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap  clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"articleimg\" src=\"http:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14879943719582-prisoner-pictures24.jpg\" alt=\"One inmate asked for a picture of a friend that will write to them.\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The prison-rights group is called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yearten.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tamms Year Ten<\/a> and although Illinois prison policy prohibits the prisoners from hanging the photos on their walls, the group still makes the photos for those locked away in a supermax, just to give them a glimmer of hope and happiness. Seeing what the prisoners asked for gives you a glimpse into what they yearn for or miss on the outside. They’ve made mistakes – terrible mistakes – but they are still human beings with feelings. And their requested photos show it. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yearten.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sources<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t<p>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/viralnova.com\/solitary-confinement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/viralnova.com\/solitary-confinement\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When prisoners are held in solitary confinement they are put in small, windowless cells for 22 to 24 hours a day. The United Nations has denounced solitary confinement as torture. The prisoners experience severe depression, sensory deprivation among other psychological effects. A prison rights group wanted to give inmates locked in a super-maximum security prison &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/18205\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I Didn’t Think A Murderer In Prison Could Bring A Tear To My Eye, But This Did It.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[180],"tags":[5890,5892,5891],"class_list":["post-18205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society-culture","tag-prison-image-request","tag-prison-rights-group","tag-tamms-year-ten-images"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14879943728996-prisoner.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}