News Flash
Strasbourg, 04.03.2005 - The Council of Europe's Committee for the prevention
of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (CPT) has today
published the report on its visit to the
United Kingdom and the Isle of Man in May 2003, together with the
response of the United Kingdom Government.
These documents have been made public with the agreement of the United Kingdom
authorities.
Prison overcrowding in England was one of the main reasons for the Committee's
visit. The CPT's delegation also reviewed developments concerning detention by
the police and prisons in Scotland and the Isle of Man, and visited detention
facilities for children in Scotland and the Isle of Man, as well as a
psychiatric establishment in Scotland.
The CPT's visit report and the
response of the United Kingdom authorities are
available on the Committee's website: http://www.cpt.coe.int
