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A prison cell during the official opening of HMP Fosse Way, the new Category C prison in Leicester, June 29, 2023
A FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD boy kept in solitary confinement for weeks has spoken out, having won a seven-year legal battle against the government that reached the European Court of Human Rights.
The teenager was only allowed out of his Feltham prison cell for about half an hour each day to shower, use the phone and exercise for at least the first 55 days of his detention from December 2016 to February 2017.
The government conceded having breached his human rights by subjecting him to inhuman or degrading treatment and agreed to a settlement of £31,500 last week.
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