Published on 30 May 2022

FIRST SECTION

Application no. 22198/20 L.M. against Italy lodged on 8 June 2020 communicated on 9 May 2022

SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE

The applicant is affected by a psychiatric disorder and deaf-mutism. The application concerns both the alleged incompatibility of detention, between 19 September 2019 and 16 March 2021, with the applicant’s psychiatric disorder; and the lack of adequate assistance during detention in light of her deaf-mutism. Relying on Article 3 of the Convention, the applicant complains of the absence of adequate medical treatment and of the required assistance for her diseases.

QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES

1. Has there been a breach of the applicant’s rights under Article 3 of the Convention? In particular:

(a) in light of the applicant’s psychiatric disorder, was the detention compatible with her state of health (see Epure v. Romania , no. 73731/17, § 74, 11 May 2021, Bamouhammad v. Belgium , no. 47687/13, §§ 120-21, 17 November 2015)?

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(b) did the applicant receive adequate medical treatment during her detention in prison (see Rooman v. Belgium [GC], no. 18052/11, §§ 146-47, 31 January 2019, and Strazimiri v. Albania , no. 34602/16, §§ 103-12, 21 January 2020)?

(c) did the applicant benefit from adequate assistance in detention with regard to her deaf-mutism (see Z.H. v. Hungary , no. 28973/11, §§ 30-33, 8 November 2012)?

2. The Government are further invited to submit a copy of the applicant’s prison medical register ( diario clinico ) along with a typewritten version.