The Iraqi Oil Minister ("Solitary Confinement")

BBC The Iraqi Oil Minister from Mato Atom on Vimeo.

Credits:
Client: BBC, World Service Radio; Agency: Fallon, London; Creatives: Sam Walker & Joe De Souza; Agency Producer: Zena Loxton; Prod.Co: Independent (A very special place); Concept, Direction/ Design/ CG: Mato Atom; Exec. Producers: Dan Dickenson, Elise Bennett; Post Production/ Animation: Fake; Producer: Mathieu Bouyrie; Lead TD/ Supervisor: Dominic Vincent; Animator: Luc Sanfacon; Lead compoisiting: Vincent Dudouet; Aditional compositing: Stéphane Morali; Colorist: Stéphanie Brosseau; DP: Justin Lange; Music: David Kamp

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Web Sourcebook on Solitary Confinement by Sharon Shalev
Extract: "Isolation, segregation, separation, cellular or solitary confinement are some of the terms used to describe a form of confinement where prisoners are held alone in their cell for up to 24 hours a day, and are only allowed to leave it, if at all, for an hour or so of outdoor exercise. Solitary confinement may be imposed on prisoners as short-term punishment for prison offences, or indefinitely for the prisoner’s own protection, either at his request or at the discretion of the prison authorities. In other cases prisoners may be isolated from others for months and even years on administrative grounds: as a long-term strategy for managing challenging prisoners or where prisoners are deemed to be a threat to national security. Finally, pre-charge and pre-trial detainees may be isolated from others whilst their interrogation or the investigation into their case is ongoing."