Mahmood and Lammy breached human rights law over segregation of prisoner, judge finds
Treatment of terrorist with known mental health needs said to have contravened prohibition on inhuman or degrading treatmentUK politics live – latest updatesShabana Mahmood and David Lammy have been found...
By Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent · The Guardian World
Treatment of terrorist with known mental health needs said to have contravened prohibition on inhuman or degrading treatment UK politics live – latest updates Shabana Mahmood and David Lammy have been found to have breached a prohibition on inhuman or degrading treatment with respect to a prisoner who spent months segregated from other inmates, in what is believed to be a legal first. Sahayb Abu was confined to his cell at HMP Woodhill, Milton Keynes, for 22 hours a day and prevented from associating with other prisoners for more than four months after Hashem Abedi, the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber, allegedly attacked prison officers at HMP Frankland. Continue reading...