According to a report issued by the Association for Prisoner Support and Human Rights and recently submitted to the state-run National Human Rights Council, prisoners in Egyptian jails often suffer inhumane treatment at the hands of their captors.
The report states that Egyptian prison regulations contravene all international standards and minimum requirements for the treatment of prisoners, even though hard labor sentences were abolished in 2003.
It goes on to state that Egypt's 1956 prison law was promulgated in a "spirit of vengeance" and should be amended so as to reflect more advanced notions of punishment and rehabilitation.
The report concludes by denouncing the frequent use of torture in Egyptian prisons, a practice that it described as "difficult to detect."
From Almasry Alyoum
