The government has been condemned for failing to end the “inhumane” treatment of people with learning disabilities and autism who have been locked up in solitary confinement for up to 20 years.
In a damning report following a four-year inquiry, House of Lords peer Baroness Hollins found the failure to act meant patients are being “warehoused” in hospital wards unsuitable for their needs, despite repeated government pledges to stop the practice.
