Australia’s prison and detention practices are inhuman, degrading and in some cases may amount to torture, a United Nations report has found.
The UN has delivered a scathing assessment of Australia’s treatment of prisoners, immigration detainees and juvenile offenders, despite attempts to block inspectors from local facilities.
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Public Interest Advocacy Centre principal solicitor Jonathan Hall Spence said the report noted a “troubling” use of disproportionate force.
“Australia presents itself as a good global citizen, but this report shows we are failing to meet basic obligations to protect the human rights of people in prisons, youth detention and immigration detention,” he said.