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[30.05.03] - The Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out a visit to the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependency of the Isle of Man from 12 to 23 May 2003.
The CPT's delegation
examined prison overcrowding in England, and reviewed developments concerning
detention by the police and in prisons in Scotland and the Isle of Man. It also
visited detention facilities for children in Scotland and the Isle of Man and a
psychiatric establishment in Scotland.
During the visit, the
delegation held discussions in England with Martin NAREY, Commissioner for
Correctional Services, and Phil WHEATLEY, Director General of the Prison
Service, in Scotland with Tony CAMERON, Chief Executive of the Prison Service,
and Andrew McLELLAN, Chief Inspector of Prisons, and in the Isle of Man with
Richard CORKILL, Chief Minister, Philip
BRAIDWOOD, Minister for Home Affairs, and Clare CHRISTIAN, Minister for Health
and Social Security.
The visit was carried out by the following members of the CPT:
- Ingrid LYCKE ELLINGSEN (Head of Delegation) (Norwegian)
-
Ale BUTALA (Slovenian)
- Laszlo CSETNEKY (Hungarian)
- Mario FELICE (Maltese)
- Eugenijus GEFENAS (Lithuanian)
- Günsel KOPTAGEL-İLAL (Turkish).
They were assisted by
Bertel ÖSTERDAHL, former Director General of the Swedish Prison and Probation
Administration, as well as by Jan MALINOWSKI and Hanne JUNCHER of the CPT's
Secretariat.
The delegation visited the
following places:
England
Prisons
Liverpool Prison
Pentonville Prison, London
Winchester Prison
Scotland
Police
establishments
Helen Street Police
Station, Glasgow
Lanark Police Station
Prisons
Barlinnie Prison, Glasgow
Psychiatric
establishments
The State Hospital, Carstairs, Lanark
Detention facilities for
children
St Marys Secure
Accommodation for Children, Glasgow
Isle of Man
Police
establishments
Douglas Police Headquarters
Lower Douglas Police Station
Prisons
Detention facilities for
children
White Hoe Secure Care
Home, Douglas
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