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  • Ergün Cakal

Assessing the adequacy of healthcare in prison: The deference to medical evidence in Fernandez Iradi v. France

February 20, 2026

by Ergün Cakal What is the adequate level of healthcare in prison? How are judges to make such assessments (and how well placed are they to do so anyway)? How is a prisoner’s own refusal of treatment to be weighed in that assessment? When does a lack of healthcare require that a prisoner be released? […]