European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
(CPT)
Strasbourg, 15 December 2015
CPT/Inf (2015) 44
Living space per prisoner in prison establishments:
CPT standards
The CPT’s minimum standard for personal living space in prison establishments is:
6m² of living space for a single-occupancy cell
+ sanitary facility
4m² of living space per prisoner in a multiple-occupancy cell
+ fully-partitioned sanitary facility
at least 2m between the walls of the cell
at least 2.5m between the floor and the ceiling of the cell