(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 13 - The Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) criticized in a dossier published on Friday the treatment and conditions of detention of foreign nationals held at pre-removal centres (CPRs) in Italy.
    The CPT's findings included "very poor material conditions, the absence of a regime of activities, the disproportionate security approach, the variable quality of healthcare provision and the lack of transparency of the management of CPRs by private contractors", "calling into question" the application of such a model by Italy in an extra-territorial setting, such as in Albania, the report noted.
    The dossier was compiled after visits carried out by CPT officials between April 2 and 12 this year at four out of Italy's nine CPRs, including the pre-removal centres in Via Corelli in Milan, Gradisca d'Isonzo, Palazzo San Gervasio in Potenza and Ponte Galeria in Rome. (ANSA).