"The United Nations’ anti-torture watchdog has urged Australia to curb the extraordinary number of people awaiting trial or sentencing in jails and ban the use of spit hoods.
A report, released by the UN subcommittee on the prevention of torture (SPT) this week, also called for the limiting of routine strip-searches. It comes after the body visited Australia in October last year but terminated the visit after it was prevented from entering detention facilities in New South Wales and Queensland."
That's not good.
"“Children were left alone in their cells for up to 23 hours per day, amounting to de facto solitary confinement, with lighting in cells controlled from outside,” it said."
Oh no. Not solitary. That can be very psychologically harmful (I think the strip searches too can be psychologically harmful). Although, frankly, the rest of these conditions are not, are not good.
https://qoto.org/@olives/110847252096826064 I've commented on other articles regarding solitary before, although not one in Australia.
