Disfellowshipping is the equivalent of solitary confinement:
Just imagine,the leaders of some religions enforce this type of punishment.
Solitary Confinement-A person is isolated from any (family contact or friends).
It is employed as a form of punishment,to reform,to control and change behavoir.It is considered to be a form of psychological torture.
It causes anguish,provokes serious mental and physical health problems.(thought of suicide).Constitutes cruel,inhumane or degradinig treatment.
I only wish the ACLU or HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH or the UN would take action against religions that treat Human Being so Cruelly.