-36 3.5 Role of medical staff The role of the medical personnel is very important, as it has the duty to check the mental and physical health of the detainees prior to their placement in solitary confinement, and once per day for the whole duration of the measure. As a general rule, the medical staff should not be involved in the imposition of disciplinary sanctions (Mandela Rules91, CPT92), and should monitor daily those who are subjected to solitary confinement (HRC93, Mandela Rules94, CPT95, EPR96). If the examination demonstrates that the detainee’s mental or physical health is worsening, the medical personnel should advise the prison director on the termination of the measure, and review of the measure should take place (Mandela Rules97, SRT98, CPT99, EPR100). 3.6 Meaningful human contacts Isolated detainees should be visited daily by a member of the medical staff (see section on the role of the medical staff) and by the prison director or a member of staff acting as the prison director (CPT101, EPR102). In several cases, human rights bodies recommend that prison administrations should actively counteract the detrimental effects of solitary confinement by providing necessary stimuli, such as meaningful human contact and/ or activities (Mandela Rules103, ECtHR104, CPT105, EPR106). The EPR state that in case of the separation of detainees for safety reasons, or as a high security measure, they should be offered at least two hours of meaningful human contact.107 Also, as all other detainees, those who are undergoing solitary confinement should be able to meet their lawyer (SRT108, CPT109) 91. Mandela Rules 46. 92. European Committee for the Prevention of Torture, 2011, §§62-63. 93. Human Rights Committee, 2009, §85(21) 94. Mandela Rules 46 95. European Committee for the Prevention of Torture, 2011, §§62-63 96. EPR 43.2 and 60.6.f 97. Mandela Rules 46. 98. United Nations General Assembly, 2011, §§100-101. 99. European Committee for the Prevention of Torture, 2011, §§62-63. 100. EPR 43.3, 53.A.i, 60.6.b 101. European Committee for the Prevention of Torture, 2011, §§56-61 102. EPR 60.6.f., 53.A.h 103. Mandela Rule 38. 104. European Court of Human Rights, Case of Horych v. Poland, Application No. 13621/08, 17 April 2012, §98. 105. European Committee for the Prevention of Torture, 2011, §§56-61. 106. EPR 53.A.f. 107. EPR 53.A.a. 108. United Nations General Assembly, 2011, §§75, 87, 89-91, 93, 95-99. 109. European Committee for the Prevention of Torture, 2011, §§56-61