Prolonged Pre-Trial IsolationThe UN Committee Against Torture recognises the harmful physical and mental effects of prolonged solitary confinement and has expressed concern about its use, including as a preventive measure during pre-trial detention.The effects of solitary confinement on pre-trial detainees may be worse than for other detainees in isolation.”The wide use of solitary confinement in prisons and other places of detention has long been a source of grave concern to those involved with the international protection of human rights. Never more so than in recent years, which have seen a marked increase in the use of strict and often prolonged solitary confinement across the world…Solitary confinement has a well documented negative impact on mental health and wellbeing and may amount to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, particularly when used for a prolonged time.”Prof. Dr. Manfred Nowak, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture
YOUR RIGHTS – Solitary Confinement
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