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Re:Amateur ISIS Investigator Ends Up in Prison by ryanlol on Sunday April 24, 2016 @11:47AM (#11560035)
> solitary confinement is a distinctive US problem

Not really, it's a problem in Europe too. We just don't talk about it.

If you get arrested here in Finland, you'll by default be in solitary and will remain so until the cops, not the courts, feel like letting you out.

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Re:Amateur ISIS Investigator Ends Up in Prison by roywiggins on Sunday April 24, 2016 @05:59PM (#11561557)
Has anyone tried to challenge that sort of thing in the European Court of Human Rights?
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Re:Amateur ISIS Investigator Ends Up in Prison by ryanlol on Monday April 25, 2016 @02:40AM (#11562793)
Yes, and Finland for example has consistently lost. The problem is that in practice these court decisions only end up benefiting the individuals bringing the suits, as it's almost impossible for public workers to get fired here they can safely ignore those decisions in most cases.
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