Author: Manfred Nowak

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Published: 2010

Total Pages: 63

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"The Special Rapporteur did not find that torture, in the classical sense of deliberately inflicting severe pain or suffering as a means of extracting a confession or information, constitutes a major problem in Jamaica. He did find, however, a general atmosphere of violence and aggression in almost all police stations, as well as discriminatory practices against detainees. At police stations, the overall conditions reflected a complete disregard for the dignity of detainees ... Many prisons were found to be overcrowded, lacking sanitary facilities and any meaningful opportunities for education, work and recreation ... The conditions for women were generally better, and there was a strict separation between male and female detainees. Children in conflict with the law, those deemed uncontrollable and those in need of care and protection from the State were held together in detention facilities without distinction."--Summary.