The case was brought before Justice Moses by the Howard League for Penal Reform on behalf of a 17-year-old held in solitary confinement for two periods totalling nine days at Warren Hill Young Offenders' Institution during January and February 2002. The offender was taken to a segregation unit and locked up for 23 hours a day, with access to a yard for one hour a day.
Chris Callender, lawyer for the Howard League, said: "He said he felt paranoid, suspecting his food was drugged. After leaving the block, he felt depressed. He had attempted suicide on four occasions before the solitary confinement and had mental health problems."
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