First, the report is striking in the number of concerns it raises about ill - treatment in places of detention in the UK, including inter-prisoner violence, a lack of safety in prisons, use of restraint and separation in psychiatric hospitals, solitary confinement of children and indefinite lengths of immigration detention. (ejiltalk.org)
Amnesty called on the Australian Government to ratify «without delay» the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture, which would ensure independent monitoring of places of detention — including youth detention facilities. (croakey.org)
«Nobody knows the present whereabouts of the applicant, as to his exact place of detention, his condition in the custody and how he is faring. (nigeriapoliticsonline.com)