http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20180911-103727-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/on-the-fragility-of-detainees-and-prisoners-rights-in-the-eu/ On the Fragility of Detainees’ and Prisoners’ Rights in the EU Vassileva, Radosveta eng 2018-09-11 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Art. 3 ECHR Prisoner's rights Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 The further east in the EU one goes, the more one is overwhelmed by the state of prison conditions and the violations of prisoners’ and detainees’ rights. The situation in Bulgaria is particularly challenging because of the scale of the problem and the local authorities’ denial that it exists.