The court confirmed that prisoners must be ensured at least three square metres of space in their cells.

Sándor Fehér, who had been convicted on robbery charges, turned to the court because he was kept for more than two years in a cell of about seven square metres along with three other prisoners, leaving only 1.7 square metres of space per person.

He was granted €12,000 in compensation, rather than the €20,000 he had sought.

Fehér was moved to a more spacious prison in 2010.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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