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Mon 11 Nov 2009European prison crowding ruling could lead to similar case here
THE EUROPEAN Court of Human Rights on October 22nd issued judgments in two cases dealing with structural overcrowding in prisons and the implications of this situation for the enjoyment by prisoners of the right to freedom from inhuman and degrading treatment, as guaranteed by Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
The cases of Orchowski -v- Poland (Application No 17885/04) and Norbert Sikorski -v- Poland (Application No 17599/05) raise a number of significant issues for Ireland, where overcrowding is chronic and has been a feature in many prisons since the 1980s.
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