{"id":7484,"date":"2018-05-07T18:04:43","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T18:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/man.aisoftwareinsights.com\/?p=7484"},"modified":"2022-10-23T18:09:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-23T18:09:03","slug":"crushing-humanity-the-abuse-of-solitary-confinement-in-egypts-prisons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/man.aisoftwareinsights.com\/en\/crushing-humanity-the-abuse-of-solitary-confinement-in-egypts-prisons\/","title":{"rendered":"Crushing humanity: The abuse of solitary confinement in Egypt\u2019s prisons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;With torture rife and prison conditions falling far short of the international minimum standards for the treatment of prisoners, there is a human rights crisis in Egypt\u2019s prisons. Prisoners are subjected to overcrowding, a lack of sufficient nutritious food, bedding and minimum hygiene and water and sanitation standards, and poor ventilation and lighting. Amnesty has examined the Egyptian authorities\u2019 use of solitary confinement as a tool to inflict additional punishment against, in particular, prisoners with a political profile. It has found that solitary confinement for such prisoners invariably amounts to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment, and sometimes to torture.\\n\\n&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:14845,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:1},&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;6&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;7&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;8&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;9&quot;:1,&quot;10&quot;:1,&quot;11&quot;:4,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1},&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:11}\">With torture rife and prison conditions falling far short of the international minimum standards for the treatment of prisoners, there is a human rights crisis in Egypt\u2019s prisons. Prisoners are subjected to overcrowding, a lack of sufficient nutritious food, bedding and minimum hygiene and water and sanitation standards, and poor ventilation and lighting. Amnesty has examined the Egyptian authorities\u2019 use of solitary confinement as a tool to inflict additional punishment against, in particular, prisoners with a political profile. It has found that solitary confinement for such prisoners invariably amounts to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment, and sometimes to torture.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With torture rife and prison conditions falling far short of the international minimum standards for the treatment of prisoners, there is a human rights crisis in Egypt\u2019s prisons. Prisoners are subjected to overcrowding, a lack of sufficient nutritious food, bedding and minimum hygiene and water and sanitation standards, and poor ventilation and lighting. 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