Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:18:57 +0200Czech Helsinki Committee criticizes conditions in country’s prisonshttps://english.radio.cz/czech-helsinki-committee-criticizes-conditions-countrys-prisons-8562652© 2026 Radio Prague International A report by the Czech Helsinki Committee, a respected human rights NGO, on Monday again highlighted the sorry state of Czech prisons. Their overcrowding continues to rise, which in turn deteriorates the living conditions for the inmates. The authorities believe – as they did a decade ago – that alternative punishment would help. But the system of alternative punishments has been inefficient and now supplies more convicts to the country’s prison houses. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/vezni_1.jpg?timestamp=1591245742 Czech Helsinki Committee criticizes conditions in country’s prisons https://english.radio.cz/czech-helsinki-committee-criticizes-conditions-countrys-prisons-8562652 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9