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Tag: prison overcrowding

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Shortage of water and unpleasant odors, detention is inhumane (Cass. 39679/23)
Poor ventilation and poor sanitary or hygienic conditions in detention violate at 3 ECHR: inhuman and degrading treatment of inmates have to be compensated by the Italian Government.

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Italian prison system still violating fundamental rights (Antigone prison report, 2023)

XIX report by Antigone about prison conditions in Italy: overcrowding, suicides, torture. 

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Italian prison overcrowding, a solved problem?

Can Italian diplomatic assurances about prison overcrowding issue be trusted?

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Italian prisons violate art 3 ECHR (ECtHR, Torreggiani 2013)

Italian prisons violate art 3 ECHR resulting in inhuman and degrading treatment.