Introduction
The International Day of Light celebrates the role light plays in sustainable development, which cannot be fulfilled unless all individuals and groups, including prisoners, have access to this right. Many prisoners spend their detention durations in unsanitary conditions in overcrowded cells inside Egyptian detention places, which makes access to light sometimes seem to be an impossible dream.
Lighting in prisons and places of detention is not only essential to tell day from night or to perform daily activities, but also it is highly significant, in particular, for its role in preserving the physical and psychological health of prisoners and accessing many other fundamental rights, such as the right to education and food.
To refer to the study: In the shadows
