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Prison overcrowding and ill-treatment: sentence reduction as a reparation measure. A view from Latin America and Europe

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The article addresses the issue of prison over crowding and how it can be tantamount to ill-treatment or torture under international law. Faced with such a broad phenomenon, the piece focuses on two elements that may help to assess this circumstance: the exist-ence of a minimum standard with respect to living space, and the use of tools to establish the existence of harm caused by inhuman conditions of incarceration. The article will show novel jurisprudence of some Courts to secure reparation for victims (early release and reduction of sentence time as offsetting) and will address discussion on the scope and limitations of these decisions with the aim of proposing even more courageous measures to ensure group and generalised reparation measures to reduce the rates of structural in-stitutional violence in prisons

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International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims

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Torture Journal: Journal on Rehabilitation of Torture Victims and Prevention of Torture, 2023, vol. 33, num.3, p. 18-38

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cc-by-nc-nd (c)  Forero-Cuéllar, A., 2023

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Articles publicats en revistes (Dret Penal i Criminologia, i Dret Internacional Públic i Relacions Internacional)

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Prison overcrowding and ill-treatment: sentence reduction as a reparation measure. A view from Latin America and Europe