Brussels, 03/05/2013 (Agence Europe) - Prisons are overcrowded in half of European countries and were operating at maximum capacity in 2011, with an average of 99.5 prisoners per 100 places, states a report from the Council of Europe published on Friday 3 May.
The report shows that some 20 of the Council of Europe's 47 member countries are overcrowded, with more prisoners than prisons were designed for, including in France (113.4 prisoners per 100 places), Belgium (127.2) and Hungary...