CPT Holds High-Level Talks in Bulgaria
The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), led by its President, Alan
Haiti Gangs Storm Town and Release 500 Inmates from Prison
On April, 1, 2025, gang members stormed the town of Mirebalais in central Haiti on Monday and released about 500 inmates from prison.
Homo Disciplinatus as an Object of Social Control Policy (on the Issue of Simulacrisation of National Policy of Torture Prevention)
In the twenty-first century, torture, formally prohibited by universal and regional human rights standards and the legislation of modern states, has become an
Report on the Visit to Liechtenstein Carried Out by the CPT from 20 to 24 June 2016
A delegation of the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out
The CPT Publishes Report on Its 2024 Periodic Visit to Czechia
The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has published the report on its periodic
Georgia (US): Prisons in ‘Emergency Mode,’ with Gang Influence Rising
Staffing vacancies for correctional officers at 20 of Georgia’s 34 prisons have reached emergency levels, making it impossible to keep up with even
The CPT Visits Denmark (Greenland)
A delegation of the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out
Pulido v. Lunes et al: Compton Varrio Segundo (Suicide of a Prisoner Due to the Threat of Revenge from a Prison Gang)
Plaintiff is a state prisoner in the custody of CDCR, presently incarcerated at Corcoran State Prison, in Corcoran. The events giving rise to
The CPT Publishes Report on 2024 Visit to Switzerland
The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has published the report on