Cover. Todd (Hyung-Rae) Tarselli is an artist imprisoned in a Pennsylvania supermax, a fortress-like facility where he and his fellow inmates are confined in single cells for close to 23 hours per day with minimal interaction with prison staff or visitors. His work is featured both on the cover and in the Images of Health column by Lorna Rhodes (see p1692). Tarselli explains that the cover piece, "Captive," is symbolic of the "mental blocks" that make people "unable to think beyond given boundaries." Rhodes likens this explanation to the prison requirement that inmates align their own boundaries with those set by the institution. For prisoners in supermax facilities, the lack of human interaction is likely to distort personal boundaries and have damaging psychological effects. Concerns about prisons and health include illness and care within prison settings as well as the illnesses that result from the experience of imprisonment.
Cover concept and selection by Lorna Rhodes, Aleisha Kropf, and Robert Sember. Artist: Todd (Hyang-Rae) Tarselli.
Cover. Todd (Hyung-Rae) Tarselli is an artist imprisoned in a Pennsylvania supermax, a fortress-like facility where he and his fellow inmates are confined in single cells for close to 23 hours per day with minimal interaction with prison staff or visitors. His work is featured both on the cover and in the Images of Health column by Lorna Rhodes (see p1692). Tarselli explains that the cover piece, "Captive," is symbolic of the "mental blocks" that make people "unable to think beyond given boundaries." Rhodes likens this explanation to the prison requirement that inmates align their own boundaries with those set by the institution. For prisoners in supermax facilities, the lack of human interaction is likely to distort personal boundaries and have damaging psychological effects. Concerns about prisons and health include illness and care within prison settings as well as the illnesses that result from the experience of imprisonment.