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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12936

22 April 2022
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 29
COUNCIL OF EUROPE / Human rights
Council of Europe anti-torture committee calls for cap on number of inmates in each prison and more non-custodial measures
Strasbourg, 21/04/2022 (Agence Europe)

In its 2021 Report published on Thursday, the Council of Europe’s European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) calls for a limit to be set on the number of inmates in each prison and for alternative measures to be promoted.

Prison overcrowding... can result in a violation of human rights”, warns CPT President Alan Mitchell.“It puts all the prisoners, especially the most vulnerable, and the prison staff at risk and undermines...

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