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 appeal from a rejection of the claim.
Lord Drummond Young
[2014] ScotCS CSIH – 18A, [2014] CSIH 18A, 2014 GWD 6-131, 2014 SLT 335, 2014 SC 490
Bailii
European Convention on Human Rights 3 8, Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 1994
Scotland
Citing:
Appeal from – 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 . .
Cited by:
Appeal from – Shahid 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 . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Prisons
Updated: 29 November 2021; Ref: scu.521142