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:''Regarding the situation in prisons, numerous credible allegations consistent with physical ill-treatment (punches, including with reinforced gloves, kicks with the knee and feet and blows with a truncheon) were received by the delegation. They were mainly inflicted on prisoners under a maximum security regime (“RMS”) and in the closed regime units of Arad and Oradea prisons by members of the intervention group (wearing balaclavas or masks). Medical evidence compatible with the allegations made was found in a certain number of prisoners' medical files in these two establishments. As regards material conditions in prisons, the report notes an overall high-level of overcrowding, with barely 2m² of living space per person in Târgşor Women’s Prison; these conditions were further aggravated by the fact that prisoners generally spent 20 to 22 hours a day in their cells.'' (CPT News Flash on the visit to Romania 2014, for a detailed report see the French version). What also throws a light on local Romanian prisons: in 2016 the ECHR took the unusual step of according almost 100,000 euros in compensation to 18 (ex-) convicts in compensation for the poor conditions they had to endure - instead of the much lower symbolic sums that it normally accords to successful plaintiffs. | :''Regarding the situation in prisons, numerous credible allegations consistent with physical ill-treatment (punches, including with reinforced gloves, kicks with the knee and feet and blows with a truncheon) were received by the delegation. They were mainly inflicted on prisoners under a maximum security regime (“RMS”) and in the closed regime units of Arad and Oradea prisons by members of the intervention group (wearing balaclavas or masks). Medical evidence compatible with the allegations made was found in a certain number of prisoners' medical files in these two establishments. As regards material conditions in prisons, the report notes an overall high-level of overcrowding, with barely 2m² of living space per person in Târgşor Women’s Prison; these conditions were further aggravated by the fact that prisoners generally spent 20 to 22 hours a day in their cells.'' (CPT News Flash on the visit to Romania 2014, for a detailed report see the French version). What also throws a light on local Romanian prisons: in 2016 the ECHR took the unusual step of according almost 100,000 euros in compensation to 18 (ex-) convicts in compensation for the poor conditions they had to endure - instead of the much lower symbolic sums that it normally accords to successful plaintiffs. | ||
Relatively speaking, European countries are, however, far better off than their African or Latin American counterparts. For one thing, most European prisoners may take their cases before the | Relatively speaking, European countries are, however, far better off than their African or Latin American counterparts. For one thing, most European prisoners may take their cases before the ECtHR whose jurisdiction only covers the 47 member states of the Council of Europe. A second important difference is that many European countries can count on substantial finacial aid from the European Union. | ||
=== A Violent System === | === A Violent System === | ||