Prisoners' rights

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Ottlakán v. Hungary, no. 17201/23

16/06/26

Effectiveness of a request for compensation for inhuman conditions of detention in prison lodged by the applicant, who had been sentenced to life imprisonment, in the context of new legislation providing that such compensation must be set aside in a prisoner’s holding account until his or her release.
Judgment


Albertani v. Italy, no. 15994/20

04/06/26

Detention of the applicant, suffering from psychiatric disorders, in prison following a reform that had led to the closure of judicial psychiatric hospitals.
Judgment


Andrea Ciotta v. Italy, no. 368/21

04/06/26

Complaint about the applicant’s continued ordinary detention (despite the decisions by national courts ordering his placement in a residence for the execution of security measures and then in a therapeutic community), conditions of that detention, and the delay in the execution of an interim measure indicated by the Court under Rule 39.
Judgment


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