End Solitary Confinement
@endsolitaryuk
Solitary confinement is widespread throughout UK prisons, immigration detention, and pyschiatric detention. It is a form of torture and must be abolished.
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http://endsolitary.co.uk 01-03-2021 17:24:01
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📢URGENT ACTION📢 We have received reports of abusive treatment in the segregation unit in HMP Wakefield Official. Thread CW: Islamophopia, State Violence, Physical Violence.
HMP Wakefield Official 2/ Prison segregation units are "prisons within prisons" with intensified regimes of solitary confinement. Authorisation to hold people in the segregated unit is supposedly regularly reviewed.
HMP Wakefield Official 3/ However, prisoners are being routinely denied the opportunity to make representations against being kept in segregation longer. Officers are falsely claiming prisoners have declined to make representations.
HMP Wakefield Official 4/ Officers are using their power to harm prisoners who are practicing Muslims beyond even the official torture guidelines.
HMP Wakefield Official 5/ One man is on 7 man unlock. This means 7 officers with shields enter each time his cell is opened and he is required to stand at the back of his cell in a certain position, or be attacked by 7 armed officers.
HMP Wakefield Official 6/ Others are being denied the most basic necessities. Someone has been denied hot water and blankets, and hasn't been allowed to leave his cell to use the shower or exercise. He has not been seen outside his cell for a month.
HMP Wakefield Official 7/ When officers are challenged they retaliate with nickings [allegations of breaking prison rules]. One person's access to his money has been cut off - the only way he is able to purchase edible food and phone credit to maintain contact with his support network.
HMP Wakefield Official 8/ All of these prisoners are practicing Muslims. Prison Officers think they can get away with this treatment because they are far away from accountability, behind the prison walls. We must let them know we are watching and we will not remain silent.
HMP Wakefield Official 9/9 They can not continue to torture people with impunity. We say: No Justice, no peace. Phone and email the prison using the scripts below, or our email tool: actionnetwork.org/letters/urgent…
