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Prison violence is the use of force or power to cause any kind of harm or injury. It can be used by staff against prisoners or the other way around by prisoners against staff as well as between prisoners or by prisoners against themselves.

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Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights (2021) Monitoring prison violence: Briefing Paper

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Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Definition /forms/ methods
Torture & ill-treatment and punishment: Excessive use of force
Detention Monitoring
Detention: Prisons

Language: English

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Academia
Civil society organisations

Year

2021

Description: The Briefing Paper was prepared as part of EU-funded Project ‘Improving judicial cooperation across the EU through harmonised detention standards – The role of National Preventive Mechanisms’(2019–2021) implemented by the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights, together with the Associazione Antigone, the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, and the Hungarian Helsinki Committee.

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