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[31.05.02] - A delegation of the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out a visit to Ireland from 20 to 28 May 2002. It was the CPT's third periodic visit to Ireland.
The visit was carried out by the following members of the CPT:
They were assisted by Eric DURAND, Medical doctor, former head of medical services at Fleury-Mérogis Prison, France, as well as by Jan MALINOWSKI and Hanne JUNCHER of the CPT's Secretariat.
During this visit, the delegation met John O’Donoghue, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Micheál Martin, Minister for Health and Children, and Michael Woods, Minister for Education and Science, as well as the General Secretaries and other senior officials from those ministries. It also held consultations with members of the Irish Human Rights Commission and with the newly appointed Prisons Inspector.
The CPT's delegation examined the treatment of persons detained by the Garda Síochána (police) and developments concerning safeguards against police ill-treatment. It also reviewed the situation in prisons and carried out a follow-up visit to the Central Mental Hospital. In addition, for the first time in Ireland, the delegation examined the situation of persons cared for in intellectual disability services and of detained children.
The delegation visited the following places:
Garda Síochána
- Cobh Garda Station
- Bridewell of the Garda Síochána, Cork
- Gurranabraher Garda Station
- Bridewell of the Garda Síochána, Dublin
- Store Street Garda Station, Dublin
Prisons
- Cork Prison
- Cloverhill Prison, Dublin
- Mountjoy Prison (including the Dóchas Centre for women), Dublin
Mental health establishments
- Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum
- Grove House Intellectual Disability Service, Cork
- St Joseph’s Intellectual Disability Service, Portrane
- St Raphael’s Centre, Youghal
Detention facilities for children
- Trinity House School, Lusk
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