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Will Nelson Mandela's Solitary Confinement Inspire Positive Change? | American Civil Liberties Union

6.3.15

Will Nelson Mandela's Solitary Confinement Inspire Positive Change? | American Civil Liberties Union: During his 27 years of captivity, Mandela suffered hunger, forced labor, and physical abuse. Despite all the hardships Mandela endured, he found solitary confinement to be "the most forbidding aspect of prison life."

That history, and South Africa's subsequent transformation from international pariah to a human rights leader in Africa, is one reason why Cape Town is the logical choice for the Intergovernmental Expert Group Meeting on the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (SMRs). This coming week, I will be representing the ACLU to ensure robust protections against solitary confinement are a top priority of the SMRs.


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