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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.

Venezuela: el horror detrás de las rejas, un diagnóstico sobre la situación carcelaria en el país
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Yemen: saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen kill more than 60 in prison, rebels say
Airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen hit a university used as a detention center in a southwestern province on Sunday, killing at least 60 people, officials and the rebels’ health ministry said.
République Centrafricaine: surpopulation et manque de moyens chroniques à la principale prison de Bangui
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French
Iran: prisoners in Iran’s Gharchak prison for women protest inhumane living conditions
Two hundred inmates in Ward 5 of Gharchak Prison for women in the Iranian city of Varamin have sent an open letter to the head of the State Prisons Organization in Tehran Province protesting the prison’s inhumane living conditions.UK: forecast fall in prison numbers not "green light" for government justice reforms
A projected drop in the prison population is “no justification” for an “unevidenced ‘tough on crime’ policy” from the Government, campaigners have said. The comments came as the number of people behind bars was forecast to drop in the next five years.Malta: changes to prison reform are slow to happen
Over the past weeks we’ve seen major changes done to Corradino Correctional Facility with regards to visitation rights and conjugal visits, but how much do we really know about the basic functions of a prison? Jeremy Micallef speaks with Senior Lecturer in the Department of Criminology Dr Sandra Sc…
Russie : la CEDH condamne lourdement la Russie dans l’affaire Magnitski
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USA : Aging in Guantánamo
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Colombia: ultimátum a cárcel de mujeres en San Diego que está en riesgo de desplomarse
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Russia: 'Black Hole', prosecutors probing allegations of punitive psychiatric treatment in Siberian prison
Igor Sovchuk, a prisoner at prison IK-6 in the city of Tyumen, Siberia, complained repeatedly of a headache. After being told repeatedly to shut up, the guards finally agreed to take him to the medical unit. He was given an injection and sent back to his cell.
France: une vie entre les murs, le défi des longues peines de prison
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