CPT Carries Out a Visit to Portugal
The visit focused on the treatment and safeguards afforded to people deprived of their liberty by law enforcement agencies. The delegation reviewed the
Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee Visits Serbia
A delegation of the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out
Do Criminal Gangs Control Britain’s Prisons?
Britain’s prisons are effectively under the control of serious organised crime groups, two former prison governors have warned. ITV News has uncovered evidence
Prison Subculture in Moldova’s Prisons (the CPT)
13. Moldovan prisons have for decades been plagued by informal prisoner hierarchies as a key feature of prison subculture and the related problem of inter-prisoner violence. In the
Dawson v. Delaware: Membership in the Prison Gang and Due Process
Dawson v. Delaware, 503 U.S. 159 (1992), was a United States Supreme Court decision that ruled that a person’s rights of association and
The US v. Abel (1984): Admissibility of Testimony of one Prison Gang Member against Another Gang Member
In 1981, John Abel was indicted for robbing a bank in California. During Abel’s trial, the prosecution called one of his accomplices, Kurt
David Gauke: Building More Prisons not Answer to Crisis
The man in charge of a review of the prisons crisis says building more jails is not the answer and a more “strategic”
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi announced consultation process for jail reforms
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi has commenced consultation process for the formulation of a National Jail Reform Policy under an initiative
CPT Publishes the Response of the Lithuanian Authorities to the Report on the 2024 Visit
The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) published the response of the
Venezuelan Prison Gang Extorts Money from Migrants in Recent Years
Authorities in Chihuahua, Mexico, two years ago began documenting the arrival of members of the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua to the