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3.4. Material conditions and regime.................................................... 34
3.5. Role of medical staff....................................................................... 36
3.6. Meaningful human contacts.......................................................... 36
3.7. Specific and groups of detainees in a situation of
vulnerability................................................................................... 37
4. The role of NPMs – Preventive monitoring of
solitary confinement ........................................................................ 43
4.1. The NPM as a catalyst for change ................................................. 43
4.1.1. Challenges posed to prison monitoring by
SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19).......................................................... 44
4.2. Preparation of the visit................................................................. 46
4.3. The visit ...................................................................................... 47
4.3.1. The immediate visit to isolation sections.................................. 47
4.3.2. Prison records........................................................................ 48
4.3.3. Interviews.............................................................................. 50
4.3.4. Monitoring effects of solitary confinement
on isolated people................................................................... 52
4.3.5. The effectiveness of procedural safeguards.............................. 53
4.3.6. Material conditions................................................................ 54
4.3.7. Role of medical staff.............................................................. 55
4.3.8. Meaningful social contacts and contact with
the outside world.................................................................... 56
4.3.9. Closed Circuit Television (CCTV)............................................. 58
4.4. Follow-up activities..................................................................... 58
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