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Seen in the press
Read our selection of press reports about this country. This is a short description of prison conditions on a national scale. It gives an account of the preceding year’s events.
France: "Ils se sont vus mourir" : après l'incendie de Rouen, des détenus de la maison d'arrêt vont porter plainte
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Spain: denuncian el "colapso sanitario" en las cárceles
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Venezuela: detenidos enfermos en calabozos no tienen quien vele por su salud
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Australia: atados y amordazados, la realidad de los menores en las cárceles
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France: À Fleury-Mérogis, la première crèche en prison
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France : à la prison de Riom, "le savoir permet de casser les murs"
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Brazil: Lula préfère la prison à un aménagement de peine
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France: prisons and mental health
People with mental illness are over represented in the prison population. This group is particularly vulnerable and subjected to violence and abuse. Prison psychiatry is a sector that has undergone significant changes lately, in France and elsewhere. Where do we stand right now? In July 2014, Adeli…
Uruguay: rebuilding life after prison
They founded a cooperative to mitigate housing and employment challenges. These cooperatives are one of the measures put in place to give low-income residents access to lodging through financial support from the State. Self-management, solidarity and participatory democracy are the central values…
Kosovo: “corruption cases have destroyed the prison system”
Kosovo is a small country of about 11,000 km². It has 12 prisons and 1,648 prisoners, according to the last published figures. The Kosova Rehabilitation Centre for Torture Victims (KRCT) monitors and visits prisons to defend and promote human rights. Alban Muriqi is a law graduate and a project man…
Mexico: cárceles de Tamaulipas, peligro para niños y niñas
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Spain: mujeres y presas, la discriminación por género también se sufre en las cárceles
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Paraguay: autorizan utilización de blindados y personal militar para custodiar cárceles
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Argentina: crisis en las cárceles y comisarías bonaerenses, la superpoblación alcanza el 100%
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China: "special project", torture and death in a prison
The city of Benxi in China’s Liaoning Province boasts a unique tourist attraction: the smallest lake in the world, measuring just 15 square meters. But there’s another aspect to Benxi that is nothing to be proud of—it is home to one of the most brutal prisons in the country, especially for Falun Go…Ireland: overcrowding an issue as prison inmate numbers rise 11% in two years
The Irish Prison Service said more people are being sent to prison and overcrowding has once again become an issue in Irish prisons. The number of inmates has increased by 11% in the last two years, with more than 4,000 people now in custody on a regular basis. Remand prisoners have increased by mo…Argentina: dans une prison, "le rugby a été mon exutoire"
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USA: a college education in prison opens unexpected path to freedom
Cal State LA’s Prison Graduation Initiative is the state’s only public B.A. program sending professors to teach behind bars. College programs like it were once far more common, but today advocates are hopeful the political winds have shifted enough to bring public dollars back to prison education.Bolivia: “Libros por rejas” busca incentivar la lectura en las cárceles para reinserción de presos
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