[Solitary confinement] absolutely slowed down my thinking skills. I would come out of solitary and be demonstrably slower. Following conversations, doing math work, my brain slowed down quite a bit. I was far more depressed. There were no real mental health services [in the jail]. -Jordan E. (Human Rights Watch)
Cognitive, socio-developmental factors stunted during solitary confinement include the ability to learn and interact with others due to their hiatus in rehabilitation. The majority of prison officials, wardens in particular, are unaware of how their treatment of prisoners acts against them (the prisoners) into becoming recidivists. Susan Jones, the warden of a prison in Colorado commented said that “we are giving them the most freedom that we can but there are consequences for every rule that has been broken” (“Solitary”). Many juveniles only find discouragement in these setbacks and are highly prone to committing suicide (Chung).