118 unlawful behavior.”168 However, the injuries, suffering, health damages or general damages suffered by a person while they are imprisoned may be a form of cruel punishment when, due to the conditions of the confinement, there is a deterioration of physical, psychic, and moral integrity, strictly prohibited by subparagraph 2 of Article 5 of the Convention, which is not a natural and direct consequence of the deprivation of freedom itself. When dealing with convicted individuals, the situations described are contrary to the “essential purpose” of a prison term, as established in subparagraph 6 of the mentioned Article, that is, “the reform and social readaptation of the prisoners”. Judicial authorities must take these circumstances into consideration when applying or evaluating the punishments established.169 The previous considerations are applicable, in what is relevant, to provisional or precautionary deprivation of liberty, with regard to the treatment that must be offered to the prisoners, since the international legislation that governs it includes rules applicable both to inmates in preventive detention and convicted prisoners.170 315. Pursuant to Article 5 of the Convention, any person deprived of their liberty has the right to live in a situation of imprisonment compatible with the personal dignity.171 On other opportunities, this Tribunal has stated that imprisonment in overcrowded conditions, isolation in a reduced cell, with lack of ventilation and natural light, without a bed to lie in or adequate hygiene condition, and solitary confinement or unnecessary restrictions to visitation regimens constitute a violation to the right to humane treatment.172 As responsible for the detention establishments, the State must guarantee inmates conditions that respect their fundamental rights and protect their dignity.173 316. In the analysis of the seriousness of the acts that may constitute cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatments or torture it is necessary to weigh in all the circumstances of the case, such as the duration of the treatments, their physical and 168 Cfr. Case of García Asto and Ramírez Rojas, supra note 122, para. 223; Case of Lori Berenson Mejía. Judgment of November 25, 2004. Series C No. 119, para. 101; and Case of Baena Ricardo et al. Judgment of February 2, 2001. Series C No. 72, para. 106. 169 Cfr. Case of García Asto and Ramírez Rojas, supra note 122, para. 223; and Case of Lori Berenson Mejía, supra note 168, para. 101. 170 Cfr. United Nations, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Minimum rules for the treatment of prisoners, adopted by the First United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders, held at Geneva in 1955, and approved by the Economic and Social Council by its resolutions 663C (XXIV) of July 31, 1957 and 2076 (LXII) of May 13, 1977. 171 Cfr. Case of López Álvarez, supra note 146, para. 105 to 106; Case of García Asto and Ramírez Rojas, supra note 122, para. 221; and Case of Raxcacó Reyes. Judgment of September 15, 2005. Series C No. 133, para. 95. 172 Cfr. Case of García Asto and Ramírez Rojas, supra note 122, para. 221; Case of Raxcacó Reyes, supra note 171, para. 95; and Case of Fermín Ramírez. Judgment of June 20, 2005. Series C No. 126, para. 118. In the same sense, cfr. U.N., Minimum rules for the treatment of prisoners, Adopted by the First United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders, held at Geneva in 1955, and approved by the Economic and Social Council by its resolutions 663C (XXIV) of July 31, 1957 and 2076 (LXII) of May 13, 1977, Rules 10 and 11. 173 Cfr. Case of García Asto and Ramírez Rojas, supra note 122, para. 221; Case of Raxcacó Reyes, supra note 171, para. 95; and Case of Fermín Ramírez, supra note 172, para. 118.