“There is no doubt that inhumane prison conditions and lack of access to health care often pose serious health risks to detainees, violating their right to health”, Steve Cockburn, Head of Economic and Social Justice at Amnesty International, told The Lancet. Edwards also flagged to the UN Human Rights Council the challenge posed by severe overcrowding, which impacts all aspects of prison life, and voiced that, “detaining persons in overcrowded cells is a form of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment”. ...Edwards criticised authorities for a lack of focus on rehabilitation, and recommended measures to replace pre-trial detention with house arrest for pregnant women, replace prison sentences with unpaid community service work, and reduce the length of a sentence to be served for people incarcerated in degrading conditions.