Assange Case Exposes UK's Solitary Confinement 'Torture' Loophole Assange Case Exposes UK’s Solitary Confinement ‘Torture’ Loophole Up until last week, Julian Assange had been held in unofficial solitary confinement inside of the Belmarsh prison healthcare unit – a loophole which the UK government began using in May, according to 21st Century Wire‘s Nina Cross. <!–[if …