CAT/OP/GBR/CSPRO/1
Contents
Page
I.
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................
3
II.
National Preventive Mechanism ...................................................................................................
3
A.
Legislative basis....................................................................................................................
3
B.
Military detention and independent oversight in Overseas Territories
and Crown Dependencies .....................................................................................................
3
C.
Independence ........................................................................................................................
4
D.
Human and financial resources .............................................................................................
6
E.
Visibility ...............................................................................................................................
6
F.
Conclusion ............................................................................................................................
6
Overarching issues ........................................................................................................................
7
A.
Legal and Institutional Framework .......................................................................................
7
B.
Over-representation of ethnic minorities in the Criminal Justice System .............................
11
C.
Healthcare in places of deprivation of liberty .......................................................................
17
Situation of persons deprived of their liberty ................................................................................
22
A.
Police Detention....................................................................................................................
22
B.
Penitentiary Institutions ........................................................................................................
24
C.
Institutions for Juvenile Offenders........................................................................................
29
D.
Immigration detention ..........................................................................................................
30
E.
Court Custody .......................................................................................................................
33
Additional information ..................................................................................................................
34
III.
IV.
V.
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