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Rights of Prisoners ¨ Right to bail ¨ Provision of proper medical aid to prisoners ¨ Proper & Free legal aid
¨ Right to equality ¨ Right to appeal
¨ No custodial violence ¨ No unnecessary restraint
¨ Right to have speedy trial ¨ Right to be informed about the charges/ Grounds of Arrest ¨ Right against illegal detention
¨ Right to live with Human dignity and many more…………
Solitary Confinement
¨ the isolation of a prisoner in a separate cell as a punishment. OR
¨ एकान्त कारावास ¨ एकान्त परिरोध
Solitary Confinement known as: ¨ isolation
¨ control units
¨ supermax prisons
¨ the hole
¨ SHUs(Special Housing Unit)
¨ administrative segregation
¨ maximum security
¨ permanent lockdown
A Violation of Human Rights
Complete Isolation
Deprivation of Basic necessity
Inhuman/ Tortures
Treatment
Restrict Movement
Violation of
Prisoners Rights
Violation of Human
Rights
Effect on Prisoners
• Physiological effects
• Psychological effects
Negative Health Effects of Solitary Confinement.......
Effect on Prisoners
• Social isolation
• Reduced activity and stimulation
• Lack of Control
¨ What makes solitary confinement harmful ?
International Scenario
¨ Condition in United States
¨ Condition in United Kingdom
¨ International Conventions and Laws
Albert WoodFox 43 years of Solitary Confinement
National Scenario ¨ Prisoner’s Rights in India
¨ Status of Solitary Confinement in India
¨ Landmark Judgments
¨ India Penal Code’s ¨ Prisoner’s Act,1894
¨ Extent Of Applicability Of “Article 21” of Constitution of India
¨ Solitary Confinement- Violation of Human Rights in India
¨ Case Laws ¨ Conclusion
Reports
¨ Special rapporteur, Juan E Mendez (expert) presented report to UN General Assembly on 18th October, 2011
¨ A report by “Great Lakeswiki”
¨ Report by “Centre of Constitutional Rights”
¨ A report published by CWSL scholarly common, “Is Solitary Confinement is a Violation of International Standards”
¨ A report by “Amnesty International”
Conclude
¨ Purpose and Results are opposite
¨ People placed in solitary confinement ?
¨ Are children held over there ?
¨ Wrong Use, Must be stopped
¨ ‘A man buried alive’
• “Our job in corrections is to protect the community, not to release people who are worse than they were when they came in.”