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#solitary confinement

Isolation of a detained person for 22 or more hours per day without meaningful human contact. Prolonged solitary confinement (over 15 days) is considered cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment under the Mandela Rules.

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Updated March 25, 2026 Deportation to Torture
War Crime / Crime Against Humanity Ongoing

Torture and Enforced Disappearances at 'Alligator Alcatraz' and Krome Detention Centers

Florida immigration detention centers are sites of documented torture including a punitive cage device, prolonged solitary confinement, unsanitary conditions, and enforced disappearances facilitated by the absence of any tracking system. At least six people died in Florida ICE facilities since October 2024.

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Updated November 10, 2025 Deportation & Immigration
Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern Ongoing

Surge in Solitary Confinement in Immigration Detention

10,500+ people subjected to solitary confinement in immigration detention over 14 months, with usage surging under the Trump administration. Nearly 75% of placements exceeded the UN's 15-day torture threshold. DHS oversight offices were simultaneously decimated from 150 to 22 staff.

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Updated March 25, 2026 Deportation to Torture
War Crime / Crime Against Humanity Ongoing

Guantanamo Bay Immigrant Detention: Solitary Confinement and Torture Conditions

Immigrants transferred to Guantanamo Bay face conditions amounting to torture: 23+ hour solitary confinement, punishment chairs, physical abuse, and incommunicado detention. ACLU and CCR lawsuits challenge the offshore detention as unconstitutional and beyond the authority of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

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