How does good healthcare in prison help wider society? What kind of risks are there to health from being in detention? Why are prisoners less healthy than the general public? And what is the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture’s (CPT) role? CPT member Prof. Hans Wolff of the University of Geneva, and CPT advisors Kelly Sipp and Laura Ielciu discuss the challenges.
Introduction to the CPT
The main challenges facing the CPT today
How does good healthcare in prison help wider society? What kind of risks are there to health from being in detention? Why are prisoners less healthy than the general public? And what is the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture’s (CPT) role? CPT member Prof. Hans Wolff of the University of Geneva, and CPT advisors Kelly Sipp and Laura Ielciu discuss the challenges.
13/10/2025
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The CPT visits places of detention and assesses how persons deprived of their liberty are treated in order to strengthen their protection from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
2026
Finland, Lithuania,
Poland, Republic of Moldova,
Serbia, Sweden,
United Kingdom
In total:
- 562 visits carried out (314 periodic + 248 ad hoc)
- 506 visit reports published
So far this year:
- 4 ad hoc visit
- 2 periodic visit
- 7 visit report published
(as at 3 June 2026)
