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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.
Uruguay: démission du directeur des prisons après l'évasion d'un mafieux italien
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Cameroon: des opposants politiques «enlevés» de la prison
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Cameroon: gunshots amid prison riot must be investigated
Yesterday a riot was reported in Kondengui prison in Yaoundé the Cameroonian capital. According to reports, detained armed separatists from the Anglophone regions and opposition members took possession of the prison yard to denounce overcrowding, judicial delays and deplorable conditions.UK: Feltham youth jail warned by prisons watchdog over ‘extraordinary’ decline in safety
In unprecedented move, chief inspectorate invokes rarely-used urgent notification process on Feltham A young offender institution (YOI) after ‘disturbing’ inspection findings including surge in violence and self-harmFrance : Aux Baumettes, l’administration ferme les fenêtres, les détenues trinquent
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Ecuador: mejorar la alimentación en las cárceles sigue siendo un pendiente
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Mauritania: Nouakchott: mutinerie à la prison pour femmes
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Chile: alertan sobre alto índice de violencia en cárceles
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Cuba: el régimen excarcelará a más de 2.600 presos por el hacinamiento en sus cárceles
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Canada: santé mentale en prison, « une fabrique d’itinérance »
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France: visite du quartier pour détenus radicalisés de la prison de la Santé
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USA: NJ limits solitary confinement in prisons, hailed as "historic" criminal justice step
New Jersey will limit the use of solitary confinement in correctional facilities and effectively ban it outright for certain people, including the young and elderly, pregnant women and members of the LGBTQ community.Morocco: la triste situation des prisons marocaines
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The Salvador: l’Eglise lutte contre la violence dans les prisons
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Belgium: le Conseil central de surveillance pénitentiaire recrute 350 citoyens pour observer les prisons du pays
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