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It
is
commonly
accepted
nowadays
,
not
only
at
international
level
but
also
at
domestic
level
,
for
example
in
numerous
constitutional
instruments
,
that
besides
the
punitive
purpose
of
sentences
,
they
must
also
encourage
the
social
reintegration
of
prisoners
.
Although
life
imprisonment
is
provided
for
by
law
in
most
countries
,
it
does
not
necessarily
imply
imprisonment
for
the
remainder
of
the
convicted
person
’s
life
.
Most
legal
systems
provide
for
the
possibility
of
reviewing
life
sentences
and
of
granting
release
after
a
certain
number
of
years
of
imprisonment
.
It
is
regrettable
in
this
connection
that
the
judgment
contains
no
reference
to
comparative
law
.
For
example
,
as
the
parliamentary
debates
in
the
United
Kingdom
concerning
the
bill
to
abolish
the
death
penalty
in
1964
clearly
illustrate
,
as
a
general
rule
“
experience
shows
that
nine
years
,
ten
years
,
or
thereabouts
is
the
maximum
period
of
confinement
that
normal
human
beings
can
undergo
without
their
personality
decaying
,
their
will
going
,
and
their
becoming
progressively
less
able
to
re
-
enter
society
and
look
after
themselves
and
become
useful
citizens
”
.
The
Court
often
reiterates
,
in
relation
to
prisoners
,
that
suffering
must
not
go
beyond
that
inevitably
associated
with
the
legitimate
requirements
of
the
sentence
(
see
Mouisel
v.
France
,
no
.
67263/01
,
§
48
,
ECHR
2002
-
IX
)
.
However
,
once
it
is
accepted
that
the
“
legitimate
requirements
of
the
sentence
”
entail
reintegration
,
questions
may
be
asked
as
to
whether
a
term
of
imprisonment
that
jeopardises
that
aim
is
not
in
itself
capable
of
constituting
inhuman
and
degrading
treatment
.
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