The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) publishes a factsheet on immigration detention to present its standards based on hundreds of visits to places of immigration detention. In particular, the CPT’s standards concern:
- Detention as a last resort
- Safeguards during detention
- Suitable premises
- Adequate material conditions for longer stays (over 24 hours)
- Open regime
- Qualified staff
- Procedures for discipline, segregation and means of restraint
- Effective monitoring and complaints mechanisms
- Adequate health care
- Care of vulnerable persons (in particular children)