Prisoners' rights

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Zakutniy and Others v. Ukraine, nos. 52652/20 and 7 others

15/10/26

Inadequate conditions of detention and effectiveness of a civil compensatory remedy in that regard.
Judgment | Legal Summary

Baybasın v. the Netherlands (no. 2), no. 36384/22

06/10/26

Random strip search carried out after the applicant, serving a life sentence, had been visited by his lawyer.
Judgment | Legal Summary

Stanton and Bowen v. the United Kingdom, no. 49096/19

22/09/26

Delay in the release of two prisoners with indeterminate sentences, who had completed their minimum terms of imprisonment, due to a lack of immediate availability of accommodation at designated Approved Premises.
Judgment

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