I should have added that over a period of about a year, I attended many, many hearings/trials at Norwich Magistrates Court and Norwich Crown Court.

It was most interesting to follow proceedings and learn something about the legal process.
I also attended sentencing, and never once heard the words 'solitary confinement' uttered by the presiding judge/magistrate.

But of course I have never attended a terrorism or political type of trial, or anything serious such as murder.
Mostly burglaries, GBH, ABH, drug-related offences and so on.