As of 2020, 12 states automatically housed death-sentenced people in indefinite solitary confinement, in violation of the UN’s Nelson Mandela Rules. The rules “restrict the use of solitary confinement as a measure of last resort, to be used only in exceptional circumstances.”
Watch our thought-provoking and lively discussion on yet another example of how cruel, barbaric, and unjust capital punishment is. Our panelists, including DPF President Mike Farrell, former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture Juan E. Méndez, and ACLU lawyer Rachel Meeropol, have worked on abolishing the inhumane practice of placing people in solitary confinement for many years.