ECHR

🇪🇺 1. The applicant alleges that he belonged to the lowest caste of “pariahs” in the informal hierarchy that, according to him, prevails in Moldovan prisons, and that on account of that status he was subjected to restrictions, humiliations and forced labour. The application raises questions primarily under Articles 3, 4 and 14 of the…

🇱🇻 I had the great honour and privilege of speaking with staff from the Prison Service of the Republic of Latvia. Words can hardly capture my gratitude — and genuine delight — at the warmth of what I encountered when I visited the newly established Training Centre for Prison Officers and met with so many…

In this study, we raise the issues of the origins of Soviet criminal and prison subculture, the corresponding informal prisoner hierarchies, and the current state of this social and cultural phenomenon in post-Soviet states. Accordingly, we raise questions about the historical origins and preconditions for the formation of the phenomenon, which continues to influence the…

This monograph was prepared and published during my work and research at the University of Tübingen as part of the Philipp Schwartz Initiative of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and I am grateful to all the staff of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung and the coordinators of the Philipp Schwartz Initiative for their assistance in publishing…

Taking into account the social consequences caused by imprisonment, prisons and other total institutions cannot be considered only as formal institutions and analysed only within a formal approach. Such a formal and legal approach is too simplistic. In modern states, the prison is the most important tool of social control combined with coercion. It continues…

D. v. Latvia: Ill-Treatment of a Member of a Lower Informal Caste in Prison in the Absence of Physical Violence D. v. Latvia: Неналежне поводження щодо представника нижчої неформальної касти у в’язниці за відсутності фізичного насильства 5.  У період з 2008 по 2017 рік заявник відбував покарання у вигляді позбавлення волі, спочатку у Валмієрській в’язниці…

The applicant alleged that while in prison he had been subjected to repeated physical violence by other prisoners. The applicant indicated that he had lost several teeth as a result of beatings he had received. In his submission, the violence against him was a direct consequence of his earlier collaboration with the police, which had…