The Government has been warned of possible “inhuman treatment” after a naked prisoner, confined to a cell covered in faeces and urine, was found by a European torture watchdog during an inspection. “When the CPT’s delegation met one of the men, he was lying naked in his cell, with the cell smeared with faeces and puddles of urine on the floor. “There were no blankets in the cell and his poncho [given instead of clothes] lying next to him was soaked in urine." It said the man had not been provided a shower in the 13 days he was in the special observation cell. A second man was in a “similar distressed state” with no shower or out of cell time.

Source: Irish Examiner November 24, 2020 06:56 UTC