Terry Kupers (The Wright Instit.):The Decimation of Life Skills and the and the SHU Post-Release Syndrome

Credit Terry Kupers

This lecture was part of the International Symposium on Solitary Confinement held November 5-6, 2020 and sponsored by The Office of the Provost of Thomas Jefferson University. Terry A. Kupers, M.D., M.S.P.is Institute Professor Emeritus at The Wright Institute and Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He provides expert testimony in class action litigation regarding the psychological effects of prison conditions including isolated confinement, the quality of correctional mental health care, and the effects of sexual abuse in correctional settings. He is author of “Solitary: The Inside Story of Supermax Isolation and How We Can Abolish It” (Univ of California Press, 2017); “Prison Madness: The Mental Health Crisis Behind Bars and What We Must Do About It” (1999) and co-editor of “Prison Masculinities” (2002). He is a Contributing Editor of Correctional Mental Health Report. He received the 2005 Exemplary Psychiatrist Award and the 2020 Gloria Huntley award from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

Special Thanks to Terry Kupers for this presentation on solitary confinement.

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