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The United Nations' lead torture investigator has accused the US of dragging its feet in allowing him access to prisons to check conditions there.
Juan Mendez, the UN Special Rapporteur on torture, has raised concerns about the use of solitary confinement against prisoners in the US.
Liling Tan reports.
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