Overview of main observations of five years fact-finding and research 2010, para. 74
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In most countries, conditions of detention in police custody, pretrial detention, other detention facilities and sometimes in correctional institutions for convicted prisoners, amount to inhuman or degrading treatment. Detainees, whether deprived of their liberty for justified or less justified reasons, belong to the most vulnerable and forgotten sectors of our societies. In practice, they are deprived of most of their liberties and human rights, including the right to an adequate standard of living, food, water, health, education and privacy.
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Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment