Neurobiology is affecting the legal system: researchers have found that solitary confinement can decrease brain volume, alter circadian rhythms, and evoke the same neurochemical processes experienced during physical pain, leading attorneys to question the bioethics of such punishment.

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Neurobiology is affecting the legal system: researchers have found that solitary confinement can decrease brain volume, alter circadian rhythms, and evoke the same neurochemical processes experienced during physical pain, leading attorneys to question the bioethics of such punishment.