“It’s just so cruel to the human mind to do that,” he says.īut Alati was confident. While there would be notable differences between Alati’s experiences and those of a prisoner in solitary – most notably, he could leave at any time – Young believed the American was unlikely to last the 30 days. “Anxiety, anger and despair, often with a high risk of suicide, is the average clinical presentation of prisoners in solitary,” he says. The United Nations’ Nelson Mandela Rules state that keeping someone in solitary for more than 15 days constitutes torture.ĭr Terry Kupers, a psychiatrist at the Wright Institute in Berkeley, says the bet risked trivializing solitary confinement. Solitary confinement is often used as punishment, most notably in the United States, where inmates in solitary are isolated in their cells 23 hours a day. Dr Michael Munro, a psychologist Young consulted before agreeing to the bet, told Young: “Even if he lasts for 30 days, it will be extremely taxing on his mental health for the short and potentially long term.” “I wouldn’t do this bet for any amount of money,” professional poker player Danielle Moon Anderson noted at the time. Poker players are known to bet on just about anything but some thought Alati had taken things too far.
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