Shortly after coming into power in July, Sir Keir Starmer revealed his 'shock' at the state of the country's prisons, telling reporters it was 'worse than I thought'. Daniel Khalife, an inmate HMP Wandsworth - which was described as a 'failing prison' by inspectors - managed to escape last year Inmates can be seen throwing punches at each other and …
A report from the Council of Europe’s Anti-Torture Committee finds little evidence of torture in the Netherlands itself but significant problems in detention facilities on Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten. The report is part of a periodic review of countries that have signed the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, a 1987 …
