About Sharon Shalev

The Author

Dr Sharon Shalev is a Research Associate at the Centre for Criminology , University of Oxford and a Fellow at the Mannheim Centre for Criminology, LSE.

Her work as an independent researcher and consultant on human rights and prisons includes some of the following areas:

Providing expert opinions on prison conditions, design, regimes, and compatibility with human rights directives;
Acting as an independent adviser to government departments, inter-governmental organisations and professional bodies on the regulation, use, and effects of solitary confinement practices and the use of force and instruments of restraint, and and advising on their adherence to international human rights standards.
Monitoring places of detention.

Contact:

@solitary_org