Research Precis Shaun Gallaghers article The cruel and unusual phenomenology of solitary confinement 2014 explains how the prisoners in solitary confinement are affected psychologically and how damaging it can be to the prisoners mind The author throughout the article gives examples directly from people who experienced solitary confinement and they explain how it affected them The authors purpose throughout the article is to explain the experience of people that have been through solitary confin