Kushungurudzwa kwevasungwa muhusungwa hweUS hakungoitike kune dzimwe nyika. Kweanopfuura mavhiki maviri, vasungwa vepaCalifornia's Pelican Bay State Prison vanga vachiramwa nzara vachiratidzira kushungurudzwa kwemamiriro ezvinhu muSecurity Housing Unit (SHU) ikoko. Vasungwa vave vachivharirwa kwemakore vari voga, izvo zvingaita kuti vatambudzwe. Zviuru zvevasungwa munzvimbo yese yejeri reCalifornia vakaramba chikafu mukubatana nevasungwa vePelican Bay, zvichiunza huwandu hwevanorova nzara kune vanopfuura chiuru nemazana manomwe.
Vasungwa vari muSHU vanovharirwa muzvitokisi zvavo kwemaawa makumi maviri nemaviri nehafu pazuva, kunyanya kuitira kurerutsira manejimendi. Vanosunungurwa kweawa imwe chete kuti vafambe munzvimbo duku ine masvingo marefu. Masero ari muSHU mafiti masere nemamita gumi asina mahwindo. Flourescent mwenje inowanzochengetwa pamaawa makumi maviri nemana pazuva.
Kuvharirwa wega kunogona kutungamira kukufungidzira, catatonia uye kunyange kuzviuraya, kunyanya muvasungwa vanorwara nepfungwa. Zvinonzi kurwadziswa, sokutsanangura kunoita mutori wenhau Lance Tapley muchitsauko chake pamusoro pemajeri eAmerican Supermax muUnited States uye Kurwadziswa: Kubvunzurudzwa, Kusungwa, uye Kushungurudzwa.
Commission on Safety and Abuse in Americaโs Prisons (CSAAP), iyo inotungamirirwa neaichimbova gweta guru reUnited States uye aimbova mutongi mukuru weDare Repamusorosoro reU. vanorwara nepfungwa vari kupera mwedzi kana makore vari munzvimbo dzinochengetedzwa zvikuru.โ Komisheni iyi yakatiwo, "Kune dzimwe nzvimbo, nharaunda yakashata zvekuti vanhu vanopedzisira vazviparadzanisa nevamwe, vakavharirwa munzvimbo dzinogara dzakapenya kana kuti dzinogara dziine karima pasina kuonana kwakakosha - mamiriro ekutambudza anoonekwa kuti anokanganisa pfungwa."
Vasungwa mune mamwe majeri eCalifornia vakataura kuti mishonga, kusanganisira iyo yeBP uye mamwe mamiriro akakomba, iri kunyimwa vasungwa vari kuramwa mabasa. "Mamiriro ezvinhu akaipa uye nekukasira," sekureva kwaCarol Strickman, gweta remubatanidzwa wePrisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity. โTiri kurwisa kudzivirira kufa kwakawanda kuPelican Bay. CDCR [California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation] inofanirwa kutaurirana nevasungwa ava, uye kukudza chikumbiro chevatungamiri vekuramwa mabasa kuti vawane mukana wevayananisi vekunze kuti vaone kuti nhaurirano dziri muchokwadi.โ
Imwe yezvido zvekuramwa nzara ndeye kupera kwe "debriefing process" kuPelican Bay. Vasungwa vanomanikidzwa kuzvitumidza ivo kana vamwe nhengo dzechikwata sechimiro chekuwana chikafu kana kusunungurwa kubva mukuzviparadzanisa nevamwe. Kutumidza vamwe senhengo dzechikwata pachayo kunosvika mutongo werufu nekuda kwekutsiva kunoitwa nevamwe vasungwa.
Muna Chivabvu, Dare Repamusorosoro reUnited States rakatsigira mutongo wedare repasi wekuti kuvharirwa mumajeri eCalifornia kunoreva chirango chisiri chebumbiro remutemo.
Marjorie Cohn purofesa wezvemutemo paThomas Jefferson Chikoro cheMutemo uye mupepeti, nguva pfupi yadarika, weUnited States uye Kutambudza: Kubvunzurudzwa, Kuvharirwa, uye Kushungurudzwa (NYU Press).