Costa Rica anti-torture body: high-containment prison units create 'torturous environment'

Costa Rica's National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture warns that high-containment prison measures (CACCO) may constitute a 'torturous environment,' questioning whether the Ministry of Justice applies technical criteria for admissions. The claim is an official institutional warning, not yet a judicial finding, and signals potential human-rights scrutiny of prison policy.

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