Shahid v Scottish Ministers: SCS 18 Nov 2011

(Outer House Court of Session) The petitioner complaine dthat whilst serving a very long term of imprisonment, he had been held in segregation for almost five years, and that this contravened the Prison Rules and his human rights.
Held: The claim was refused.

Judges:

Lord Malcolm

Citations:

[2011] ScotCS CSOH – 192, 2012 Rep LR 2, 2011 GWD 40-816, 2012 SLT 178

Links:

Bailii

Statutes:

European Convention on Human Rights 3 8, Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 1994

Jurisdiction:

Scotland

Cited by:

Appeal fromShahid v The Scottish Ministers SCS 31-Jan-2014
The appellant was serving a long term of imprsonment, and now complained that he had been held in segregation for over 4 years, saying that this was ahgainst the Prison Rules and against his human rights.
Held: The Extra Division refused the . .
At Outer HouseShahid v Scottish Ministers (Scotland) SC 14-Oct-2015
The appellant convicted of a racially-aggravated vicious murder. Since conviction he had spent almost five years in segregation from other prisoners. The appellant now alleged that some very substantial periods of segregation had been in breach of . .
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Prisons, Human Rights

Updated: 26 September 2022; Ref: scu.448552