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IRELAND-COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Report from the COE's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

01 February 2011

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IRELAND-COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Report from the COE's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment: Press release: Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes report on Ireland (pdf), Full-text of the report (pdf) and Irish government response (pdf)

See: Prison conditions 'inhumane', says European committee (Irish Times, link): "A EUROPEAN committee against torture has strongly criticised “degrading, inhumane and unsafe” conditions in the Republic’s prisons and has questioned plans for a new super-prison to address chronic overcrowding. The group’s report has also outlined allegations of serious assaults by prison officers on inmates, including kicks to the face, some of which allegedly occurred while inmates were handcuffed." Also: Report alleges assaults of inmates by prison officers (Irish Times, link)

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