The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) has urged the authorities in Luxembourg to stop detaining children in Luxembourg Prison (Centre pénitentiaire de Luxembourg).
The CPT has also called for stronger action to tackle police ill-treatment and the excessive use of force, as well as urgent measures to ensure that all patients in closed psychiatric units can benefit from daily exercise outdoors in an appropriate space. These are among the main findings of a report published following the committee’s latest periodic visit to places of detention in Luxembourg, from 27 March to 4 April 2023 (see the executive summary)
In the report the CPT underlines that materials conditions at Luxembourg Prison were unacceptable and unsuitable for children, without strict separation from adult detainees. The regime offered to children was also impoverished, meaning they were left to their own devices.
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Stop detaining children in Luxembourg Prison, urges anti-torture committee
