CE: ARMENIAN PRISONS ARE UNSUITABLE FOR LENGTHY PERIODS OF DETENTION
Human rights | 04.10.12 | 14:05
The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has said that
virtually none of the recommendations made after previous visits as
regards the detention of convicts serving life sentences in Armenia
have been implemented.
A CPT report says its delegation received no recent allegations of
deliberate physical ill-treatment of prisoners by staff in either
of the prisons visited. However, the poor material environment
and impoverished regime at Kentron Prison made it unsuitable for
lengthy periods of detention. As for the conditions of detention of
life-sentenced prisoners held at Kentron, the CPT states that they
could be considered as amounting to inhumane treatment.
In their response, the Armenian authorities provide information on
the various measures being taken to address the concerns raised by
the Committee. In particular, they stress that most of the CPT’s
recommendations will be implemented once the new prison in Armavir
becomes operational in December 2013.
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