Solitary Confinement in prisons: September 5, 2018

Solitary confinement,a cruel and inhumane treatment used to isolate an inmate from others in prison for up to a day, when corrections does not want to deal with them. A new report from the Office of the Ombudsman revealed widespread use of solitary confinement in Whanganui prison. The report stated that 13% of prisoners were kept in cells for 22-24 hours per day, as punishment.

To find out more about the use of solitary confinement in prisons, I spoke to People against Prisons Aotearoa spokesperson, Kate McIntyre.