The ‘Practically Worthless’ Limit: How the ECtHR Addressed Solitary Confinement Abuse in Estonian Prisons
In this case, the Court concluded that there had been a violation of Article 3 of the Convention in respect of all the
When Punishment Becomes Torture: Protracted Solitary Confinement and the Boundaries of Article 3 of the Convention on Human Rights (Schmidt and Šmigol v. Estonia)
The case concerns the consecutive enforcement of disciplinary punishments against the applicants and the placing of the first applicant in a locked isolation
Tinatin Uplisashvili: The Shadow Сode – How Informal Prison Pierarchy Undermines Human Dignity Across Post-Soviet Prisons
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
Sweden Set to Rent Cells in Estonian Prisons
Sweden is moving away from criminal rehabilitation in favour of US-style mass incarceration, experts have said, as the country prepares to rent places
