Limit of solitary confinement
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Summary
Solitary confinement cannot exceed 14 days at one stretch, and gaps between such periods must be at least as long as the solitary period. If the total imprisonment awarded exceeds three months, solitary in any one month is limited to seven days, with the same requirement for gaps. These limits keep solitary temporary and spaced out.
Example
Aditya is ordered to be kept in solitary for 20 days straight during his sentence. The prison cannot lawfully keep him solitary for more than 14 days at a stretch, so the 20-day plan must be split into shorter periods with breaks at least as long as each solitary period. If Aditya's total imprisonment exceeded three months, solitary would be limited to seven days per month.
Bare Act
Enacted textIn executing a sentence of solitary confinement, such confinement shall in no case exceed fourteen days at a time, with intervals between the periods of solitary confinement of not less duration than such periods; and when the imprisonment awarded shall exceed three months, the solitary confinement shall not exceed seven days in any one month of the whole imprisonment awarded, with intervals between the periods of solitary confinement of not less duration than such periods.
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