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Strasbourg, 18.04.2002 - The United Kingdom Government has requested the publication of the report of the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) on the visit to the United Kingdom from 4 to 16 February 2001, together with their response. The visit was carried out within the framework of the CPT's programme of periodic visits for 2001; it was the Committee's fourth periodic visit to the United Kingdom.
The CPT's delegation met Paul BOATENG, Deputy Home Secretary, Minister of State with responsibility for prison matters, Barbara ROCHE, Minister of State with responsibility for immigration, Philip HUNT, Parliamentary Secretary of State in the Department of Health with responsibility for prison health care and Martin NAREY, Director General of the Prison Service, as well as David RAMSBOTHAM, Chief Inspector of Prisons and Stephen SHAW, Prisons Ombudsman.
The delegation paid particular attention to the treatment of young persons deprived of their liberty. The visit also marked the first occasion for a CPT delegation to visit Wales and to examine the treatment of persons held in a military establishment in the United Kingdom.
The delegation visited the following places:
Police establishments
· Colchester Police Station
· Cardiff Central Police Station
Court cells
· Thames Magistrates Court, London
· Highbury Corner Magistrates Court, London
· Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, London
Prisons
· Parc Prison, Bridgend (Wales)
· Pentonville Prison, London
· Woodhill Prison, Milton Keynes
· Young Offender Institution and Remand Centre, Feltham
Detention facilities for children
· Medway Secure Training Centre, Rochester
· Hillside Secure Centre, Neath (Wales)
Military detention facilities
· Military Corrective Training Centre, Colchester
The report and response will be available today on the website http://www.cpt.coe.int
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