Copy of the Letter Transmitting the CPT's Report

Copy of the Letter Transmitting the CPT's Report

CPT/Inf (2005) 1 Report to the Government of the United Kingdom on the visit to the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 12 to 23 May 2003 The United Kingdom Government has requested the publication of this report and of its response. The Government's response is set out in document CPT/Inf (2005) 2. Strasbourg, 4 March 2005 Report to the Government of the United Kingdom on the visit to the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 12 to 23 May 2003 - 3 - CONTENTS Copy of the letter transmitting the CPT’s report.................................................................................. 7 I. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................9 A. Dates of the visit and composition of the delegation ............................................................. 9 B. Establishments visited............................................................................................................ 10 C. Consultations held by the delegation .................................................................................... 11 D. Cooperation between the CPT and the authorities of the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man................................................................................................................. 11 II. UNITED KINGDOM ............................................................................................................. 13 ENGLAND........................................................................................................................................ 13 A. Prisons ..................................................................................................................................... 13 1. Ill-treatment..................................................................................................................... 13 2. Prison overcrowding ....................................................................................................... 14 a. general remarks...................................................................................................... 14 b. impact of overcrowding in the establishments visited........................................... 18 i. introduction.................................................................................................. 18 ii. material conditions....................................................................................... 19 iii. regime........................................................................................................... 19 iv. outdoor exercise........................................................................................... 21 v. visits.............................................................................................................. 21 vi. reception procedures.................................................................................... 21 vii. health-care services ..................................................................................... 22 SCOTLAND ..................................................................................................................................... 23 A. Police establishments.............................................................................................................. 23 1. Preliminary remarks........................................................................................................ 23 2. Ill-treatment..................................................................................................................... 23 3. Safeguards against ill-treatment by the police ................................................................ 25 a. introduction............................................................................................................ 25 b. notification of custody ........................................................................................... 26 c. access to a lawyer .................................................................................................. 27 - 4 - d. access to a doctor................................................................................................... 28 e. further remarks ...................................................................................................... 29 4. Conditions of detention................................................................................................... 29 B. Prisons ..................................................................................................................................... 31 1. Preliminary remarks........................................................................................................ 31 2. Ill-treatment..................................................................................................................... 32 3. Conditions of detention................................................................................................... 35 a. material conditions ................................................................................................ 35 b. regime .................................................................................................................... 37 4. Health-care services ........................................................................................................ 38 5. Other issues ..................................................................................................................... 39 a. segregation............................................................................................................. 39 b. drug-related issues ................................................................................................. 40 C. Psychiatric establishments.....................................................................................................42 1. Preliminary remarks........................................................................................................ 42 2. Staff resources and treatment.......................................................................................... 43 3. Living conditions ............................................................................................................ 44 4. Safeguards for psychiatric patients ................................................................................. 45 a. placement and discharge procedures ..................................................................... 45 b. patients subject to specific measures ..................................................................... 46 c. complaints procedures ........................................................................................... 48 d. other safeguards..................................................................................................... 49 D. Detention facilities for children............................................................................................. 50 1. Preliminary remarks........................................................................................................ 50 2. Material conditions of detention ..................................................................................... 51 3. Regime ............................................................................................................................ 51 4. Means of restraint and segregation ................................................................................. 52 5. Health care ...................................................................................................................... 52 6. Further remarks ............................................................................................................... 53 - 5 - III. ISLE OF MAN........................................................................................................................ 55 A. Police establishments.............................................................................................................. 55 1. Preliminary remarks........................................................................................................ 55 2. Ill-treatment..................................................................................................................... 55 3. Safeguards against ill-treatment...................................................................................... 56 a. notification of custody and access to a lawyer ...................................................... 57 b. access to a doctor................................................................................................... 58 4. Conditions of detention................................................................................................... 58 B. Isle of Man Prison................................................................................................................... 59 1. Preliminary remarks........................................................................................................ 59 2. Conditions of detention................................................................................................... 60 a. material conditions ...............................................................................................

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