Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Under the basic principles, rule 1 of the Mandela rules talks about how “All prisoners shall be treated with respect due to their inherent dignity and value as human beings.” Rule 2 is that “The present rules shall be applied impartially” and “There shall be no discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, sex, language, religion” and so on.
However, in testimony, Mr. Doob expressed that Black inmates are subjected to this cruel and unusual punishment—this torture of solitary confinement—for longer periods of time.
If I can get one thing out of this committee, through you, Mr. Chair, to Mr. Doob, what remedy would you have to help dismantle the inherent anti-Black racism within this regime?