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Europe rights court blasts Romania prison conditions
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday (25 April) took Romania to task for its dismal prison conditions, saying they could be considered inhumane and degrading.
Italy aims to combat radicalisation in jails, deport more illegal migrants
Italy's government said yesterday (5 January) it would try harder to combat Islamist radicalisation in its prisons and on the internet as it defended plans to build more detention centres for migrants who have no right to stay in the country.
Council of Europe worried about Belgian prisons crisis
The Council of Europe, the continent’s oldest organisation specialised in human rights, has visited prisons in Belgium where a large number of staff were absent due to strike and therefore did not provide services to inmates.
ECJ makes landmark ruling on prisoner extradition
The European Court of Justice has ruled that German authorities should not extradite suspected criminals to other countries, if their fundamental rights are put in jeopardy in the receiving country. EURACTIV Germany reports.
INFOGRAPHIC: Who’s behind bars in EU prisons?
New research published today by the Council of Europe provides a snapshot of prisoners in the EU, and where they come from.
Britain is the EU’s capital of prisons
The United Kingdom jails more people and spends more money on its prisons than any other European Union country, research published today (8 March) has revealed. InfographicPromoted content
INFOGRAPHIC: Breaking the vicious circle for juvenile offenders
Foster care is an alternative response to juvenile offending, but only rarely used as part of juvenile justice systems in the EU.
German courts refuse to extradite prisoners to Bulgaria
German courts have declined to hand over inmates to Bulgaria due to concerns over dire prison conditions in the European Union's poorest country, authorities said yesterday (23 March).
UK breached prisoner voting rights
The UK breached the human rights of more than 1,000 prisoners by denying them the right to vote, according to today’s ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).![The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. 2010 [Gwenael Piaser/Flickr]](https://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/4446000283-a31600735c-b.jpeg)
Germany’s deportees cannot be held in prisons, ECJ rules
Third country citizens awaiting deportation must be detained separately from regular prisoners, the European Court of Justice ruled on Thursday (17 July), rejecting detention practices in several of Germany's Länder. EURACTIV Germany reports.EU states’ complicity confirmed in CIA secret prisons
The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) secretly operated illegal prisons for terrorism suspects in multiple locations in Poland and Romania from 2003 to 2005, according to a report released by the Council of Europe.
EU ‘aware of CIA flights’, Poland prison ‘unproven’
A European Parliament committee approved a report accusing several member states of allowing secret CIA flights over Europe, but casting doubt on claims that the CIA had a secret prison in Poland.Frattini calls on member states to cooperate on CIA prison inquiry
Franco Frattini, European Justice Commissioner has called on the member states to give 'total cooperation' in the investigation of the alleged secret CIA prisons on European soil.UK judges reject torture evidence
A decision from the UK House of Lords, ruling inadmissible evidence obtained under torture, has given legal backing to the fight to keep Europe free from the taint of torture.Rice visit overshadowed by CIA prison allegations
With alleged CIA prisons in Europe in the focus of European interest, US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice is failing, on her tour of European capitals in December 2005, to raise attention for transatlantic co-operation.