Solitary Confinement, A violation of Human Rights ppt

SOLITARY CONFINEMENT A Violation Of Human Rights

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




Death Before a Death…….

A Violation of Human Rights

Complete Isolation

Deprivation of Basic necessity

Inhuman/ Tortures

Treatment

Restrict Movement

Violation of

Prisoners Rights

Violation of Human

Rights



Too Ironic………

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 ?

I N J U S T I C E

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.”

Thank You By:

Mukesh K. Vashisht