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Strasbourg, 05.10.2011 – A delegation of the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out an ad hoc visit to Malta from 26 to 30 September 2011.
The main objective of the visit was to examine the current situation in the prison system, having regard to the recommendations made by the Committee after its 2008 visit to Malta. For this purpose, the CPT’s delegation visited Corradino Correctional Facility. Conditions in the detention centres for immigrants at Lyster and Safi Barracks were also reviewed, and the delegation paid a brief visit to Mount Carmel Psychiatric Hospital, in order to interview patients in the forensic ward and the ward for immigration detainees.
The delegation held consultations with Mario DEBATTISTA, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs, John RIZZO, Police Commissioner, and Mario Guido FRIGGIERI, Commissioner for Refugees, as well as with other senior officials from the Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs.
The delegation also met Peter GRECH, Attorney General, the Chairpersons and members of the Board of Visitors of the Prisons and the Board of Visitors for Detained Persons, the Head of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Malta and representatives of non-governmental organisations active in areas of interest to the CPT.
At the end of the visit, the delegation presented its preliminary observations to the Maltese authorities.
The visit was carried out by the following members of the CPT:
- Mauro PALMA (Italian), Head of delegation
- Celso DAS NEVES MANATA (Portuguese)
- Olivera VULIĆ (Montenegrin)
They were supported by Michael NEURAUTER, Head of Division, and Patrick MÜLLER of the CPT’s Secretariat, and assisted by Alan MITCHELL, former Head of the Scottish Prison Health Care Service.
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