Bed bugs in Hungarian prisons
Prisoners are just as vulnerable to insect bites as others living in closed institutions.
Tag: prison
How to gamble with criminal law: the Hungarian government lets foreign smugglers loose
The Hungarian government’s current attempt to reduce prison overcrowding is absurd. After boasting about its increasingly strict penal policy and communicating about the fight against migration, it has released hundreds of foreign human smugglers from prison, which is damaging and dangerous. We point out the main issues.
Research reports on the alternatives to imprisonment in times of crises
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee took part in an international comparative study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the regulation and application of penalties and measures as alternatives to imprisonment in Hungary. In the research, … Read more
Unnecessary restrictions have been imposed as prisoners are allowed visitors again
After 16 months, it is finally possible to visit detainees in person again, but only under severe and unjustified restrictions. Children are still not allowed to visit their parents. According to press reports, detainees can … Read more
Non-custodial sanctions and measures in times of crises (2021)
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee is taking part in an international comparative study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the regulation and application of penalties and measures as alternatives to imprisonment in Hungary. In … Read more
Fourteen months of deprivation: detainees’ contact with the outside world during the pandemic
Visits to penitentiaries have been banned for more than a year since the outbreak of the pandemic in Hungary. Consequently, no personal contact has burdened detainees and their family members. Alternative forms of communication, such … Read more
Monitoring prison conditions in the EU: a handbook series for national preventive mechanisms
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee contributed as a project partner to the EU-funded project “Improving judicial cooperation across the EU through harmonised detention standards – The role of National Preventive Mechanisms” (2019–2021) coordinated by the Ludwig Boltzmann … Read more
The situation in Hungarian prisons in light of COVID-19
Information update
The situation in Hungarian prisons in light of COVID-19
Information update
Improving judicial cooperation across the EU through harmonised detention standards – the role of National Preventive Mechanism (2019-2021)
The transnational project coordinated by the Vienna-based Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights aimed to contribute to the development of the practice of 22 European National Preventive Mechanisms enhancing experience exchange among these … Read more
Compensation for inadequate placement and rape suffered in prison
The HHC’s client, a young man, was placed in pre-trial detention in November 2007. In March 2008, he was transferred to the Bács-Kiskun County Penitentiary Institution for five days, where he was placed in a … Read more