Calls grow to ban 'archaic, brutal' solitary confinement in Victorian prisons

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Calls are growing for the Victorian government to ban the use of solitary confinement after a scathing report found it to be a 'damaging' practice for young people.

Calls are growing for the Victorian government to ban the use of solitary confinement after a scathing report found it to be a"damaging" practice for young people.which looked at solitary confinement at the Port Phillip Prison, Malmsbury Youth Justice Precinct and Secure Welfare Services.

She said solitary confinement"can cause people irreversible harm, it can cause hallucinations, psychosis, increase the likelihood of self-harm and suicide"."With this really confronting evidence in front of him, it should compel [Premier] Danial Andrews to take the recommendations really seriously and move to ban this archaic, brutal practice.

The health and corrections departments have accepted Ms Glass' recommendations, but the Victorian government has not officially responded.In the report, one unidentified prisoner said he had"never been the same" after spending nine months in isolation.

 

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It is a tad stupid to treat people like dirt when you know one day they will get out of prison even more angry and bitter than they were before. You don’t change people for the better by constantly beating up on them

How about we do a trade? Abolish prison, and replace it with corporal and capital punishment.

Nah don’t scrap it.

What about the damage to the victims whose life has been ruined. Solitary needs to stay as punishment.

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