§ Mr. A. HERBERTasked the Home Secretary whether, in view of the testimony of British officers and men who have been prisoners of war with regard to the torture caused by solitary confinement, he will consider the advisability of abolishing this form of punishment?
§ Major BAIRDSolitary confinement has long ago been abolished. Close confinement is a punishment occasionally imposed for breaches of prison discipline, but it does not mean complete solitude, and it can only be imposed for very short periods, not in any case more than fourteen days.