Relevancy of Solitary Confinement in the Current Criminal Justice System

Table of Content 

Acknowledgment .............................................................................................  

Acronyms and Abbreviations ..........................................................................  

 Chapter One: Introduction 

1.1  Background Information 

1.2  Statement of the problem 

1.3  Basic Research Questions   

1.4  Significance of the Study 

1.5  Study Objectives   

 1.5.1 General Objective   

 1.5.2 Specific Objective   

1.6  Scope of the study  

1.7  Methodology 

 1.7.1 Literature Review   

 1.7.2 Sampling Method.  

1.8 Structure of the Thesis 

Chapter Two: The concept of criminal Justice system and solitary confinement in General 

2.1 Meaning of Criminal Justice System .  

2.2 Models of Criminal Justice System  

2.3 Meaning of Solitary Confinement   

2.4 The Link between the Models of Criminal Justice System and Solitary Confinement 

2.5 Brief Historical Development of Solitary Confinement   

2.6 Nature of Solitary Confinement 

 2.6.1 Who get put in solitary confinement   

 2.6.2 How long people spent in Spent in solitary confinement   

 2.6.3 What the conditions look like in the cell 

2.7 Forms of Solitary Confinement  

 2.7.1 Based on the Purpose of the Confinement.  

 2.7.1.1 Administrative Segregation   

 2.7.1.2 Discplinary Segregation 

 2.7.1.3 Involuntary Protective Custody  

 2.7.2.1 Long Term or Prolonged Solitary Confinement   

 2.7.2.2 Short Term Solitary Confinement  

 2.8 The Common Purpose of Solitary Confinement   

Chapter Three: The Effect and Legal Regime of solitary confinement  

3.1 The Effect of Solitary Confinement   

 3.1.1 The Health Effects of Solitary Confinement   

 3.1.1.1 Mental Effect   

 3.1.1.2 Physical Effect  

 3.1.2 The Social and Economic Effects of solitary confinement   

3.2 The Legal Regime of solitary confinement and standards for the protection and Treatment of prisoners  

 3.2.1 The international covenant on civil and political rights (ICCPR)  

 3.2.2 The convention Against torture and other cruel, Inhuman or Degrading 

Treatment or Punishment (CAT) 

 3.2.3 The UN standard minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoner (SMR) 

 3.2.4 Basic Principles for Treatment of prisoners  

 3.2.5 The Body of principles for the protection of All persons under Any form of Detention or Imprisonment (BOP)  

 3.2.6 The Istanbul statements on use and Effects of solitary confinement  

 3.2.7 The Regional Human Rights regime and solitary confinement 

 3.2.7.1 The European Human Right System  

 3.2.7.2 The Inter American Human Right system  

3.2.7.3 The African Human Right System   

 3.2.8 The place of solitary confinement under Ethiopian law and Brief practical Account .  

 3.2.8.1 The FDRE constitution   

 3.2.8.2 The Criminal code of Ethiopia 

 3.2.8.3 The Federal prison commission Establishment proclamation 

 3.2.9 The current Application of solitary confinement in United States 

 and united kingdom  

 3.2.9.1 Solitary confinement in the U.S.A   

 3.2.9.2 Solitary confinement in the U.K  

Chapter Four: The Relevancy of Solitary confinement in the current criminal Justice System 

4.1 Solitary Confinement a challenge to Human rights 

 4.1.1 The right to Health  

 4.1.2 The right Against torture   

 4.1.3 The right Against cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or punishment 

 4.1.4 The Right to Dignity 

 4.1.5 The Due process right   

4.2 Rehabilitation and Social Reintegration V. other purpose of 

Punishments   

4.3 The Economic cost of solitary confinement   

4.4 Effectiveness of solitary confinement   

4.5 Building public trust and confidence  

4.6 Presence of other Alternatives  

4.7 Closing door for further abuse and over use of solitary confinement   

4.8 Solitary confinement from point of view of fair, efficient and effective criminal justice system   

Conclusion 

Recommendations 

Bibliography