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In its 2006 Concluding Observations, the Committee reminded the United States of the desirability of abolishing the death penalty, (para. 29), and expressed concern about the use of solitary confinement, noting that its prolonged use cannot be reconciled with the requirement that the aim of the penitentiary system be reformation and social rehabilitation of prisoners (para. 32). ................
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