Human Rights and Prisons - Rethinking Crime and Punishment

inspecting his correspondence would inhibit what he conveyed to the
specialist, thereby harming the quality of advice that he received.
Health services
Right To Privacy In Medical Correspondence (UK)
Szuluk v United Kingdom [2009] ECHR 36936/05 (2 June 2009)
See above.
Rights Will Be Said To Be Violated When Conditions Of Detention Are
Not Tailored To A Prisoner’s Health (Italy)
Scoppola v Italy [2008] ECHR 50550/06 (10 June 2008)
See above.
Suicide Of A Prisoner Can Be Blamed On Authorities’ Failure To Provide
Medical Care (France)
Renolde v France [2008] ECHR 5608/05 (16 October 2008)
On 16 October 2008, the European Court of Human Rights held that the
suicide of a prisoner suffering from mental illness in France was attributable to
the authorities‟ failure to provide adequate medical care. This failure was a
breach of the deceased‟s right to life and right to be free from inhuman or
degrading treatment.
The House of Lords has recently unanimously held that the right to life
established by art 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights requires
the state to carry out an independent investigation whenever a person is left
incapacitated by a suicide attempt in custody.
Prisoners Should Have Rights To Artificial Insemination Procedures
(UK)
Dickson v United Kingdom [2007] ECHR 44362/04 (Grand Chamber, 4
December 2007)
This case concerns prisoners‟ access to artificial insemination facilities. The
applicants complained that the refusal by the Secretary of State to allow the
first applicant access to artificial insemination facilities while in prison
constituted a breach of the applicants‟ rights under art 8 (right to private and
family life) and art 12 (right to marry and found a family) of the European
Convention on Human Rights.
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights held (by a 12:5
majority) that there had been a violation of art 8, but that it was not necessary
to examine the complaint under art 12.
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