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In this study, we raise the issues of the origins of Soviet criminal and prison subculture, the corresponding informal prisoner hierarchies, and the
Walls several meters high, cells under constant surveillance, bulletproof glass partitions separating visitors from prisoners: In Vanden le Vieux, a small town 200
In this expert blog, PRI’s Tinatin Uplisashvili explores the persistence of informal prison hierarchies across post-Soviet penitentiary systems, structures that continue to shape
Evidence relating to the relocation of children 1509. On 12 June 2014 a bus with 24 children (15 orphans or children without parental care
74. From late August 2022 Ukrainian forces led counter‑offensive operations in the regions of Kharkiv, Donetsk, Luhansk and Kherson which resulted in their retaking
The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) held its 117th plenary meeting from 30
A delegation of the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out
A delegation of the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out
Overcrowding, a thriving criminal subculture, critical staff shortages, and the deplorable state of infrastructure in Moldovan prisons create conditions conducive to ill-treatment and
The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out its 8th periodic visit to