Overcrowding and inhumane conditions in Europe's prisons are long-standing problems.
Member states' prisons have frequently been found to violate the most basic human rights standards by the European Court of Human Rights.
The spread of Covid-19 across Europe has, however, given new urgency to the need to address these issues. The JUSTICIA network of human rights organisations from across Europe is demanding urgent action.
Even when not...
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Jago Russell is chief executive of Fair Trials.