Brussels, 15/12/2011 (Agence Europe) - Given the worsening situation in European prisons, urgent measures needed to remedy the “alarming” state of prisons across the EU were demanded in a resolution adopted by the European Parliament (EP) on Thursday 15 December. MEPs called for action to protect prisoners' fundamental rights (the total prison population of the EU was estimated to be 633,909 in 2009-2010) and minimum common standards for detention conditions in all EU countries. They...