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Denmark reaches settlement at human rights court over prison officers’ use of pepper spray. Expert calls for independent investigations into human rights violations in this country.

Settlement in pepper spray case once again raises questions about inmates’ legal protections in Danish prisons

Fotocollage: Tomas Østergren. Foto: Lars Skaaning/Rasmus Baaner/Texturelabs
Fotocollage: Tomas Østergren. Foto: Lars Skaaning/Rasmus Baaner/Texturelabs

For the second time, Danish prison officers have drawn attention for their use of pepper spray against inmates.

On December 17, 2024, a young man serving a prison sentence at Enner Mark Prison, where he was being held in an isolation cell, was sprayed with pepper spray by two officers.

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