Self-isolation as torture: Autonomy, legal imagination and suffering in prison
Criminology & Criminal Justice
Published online on December 16, 2025
Abstract
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This article explores how self-isolation in Danish prisons engages the prohibition of torture, inhuman and degrading treatment. Despite international criticism and established harms associated with solitary confinement more broadly, under Danish law, self-...
This article explores how self-isolation in Danish prisons engages the prohibition of torture, inhuman and degrading treatment. Despite international criticism and established harms associated with solitary confinement more broadly, under Danish law, self-...