Swiss Criminal Code (SCC)

Art. 78SCC from 2022

Art. 78

Solitary confinement in the form of uninterrupted separation from other prison inmates may only be ordered:

a.

for a maximum of one week at the start of the sentence in order to initiate the execution of the sentence;

b.

for the protection of the prison inmate or of third parties;

c.

as a disciplinary sanction;

d.¹⁰⁶

to prevent other prison inmates from being influenced by ideas that may encourage them to carry out terrorist activities, provided there is specific evidence of such an influence.

¹⁰⁶ Inserted by No I 6 of the FA of 25 Sept. 2020 on Police Counterterrorism Measures, in Force since 1 June 2022 (AS 2021 565; 2022 300; BBl 2019 4751).