Brussels, 08/01/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 8 January, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled against Italy in several cases involving applications from detainees about their conditions of detention. It has called on Rome to resolve its structural problem of prison overcrowding as quickly as possible.
In the Chamber judgement in the case of Torreggiani and Others v. Italy (application No 43517/09), the Court ruled in favour of the seven applicants serving sentences at the...