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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.
India: remote hearings and the rights of accused persons
ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. Madhurima Dhanuka discusses the impact of remote hearings on fair trials.
Kenya: finding Kafka in the criminal justice system
ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. Gilbert M. Omware, Defence lawyer and criminal justice researcher, discusses the injustices faced by vulnerable group…
France: women in prison and gender-based violence
As of January 2020, women represent 3.6% of the total incarcerated population. Across 187 French correctional facilities, only three exclusively house women. Yet more women than men are sentenced to prison terms exceeding ten years. What role does gender-based violence play in the incarceration of…
España: La única cárcel para curas del mundo estaba en Zamora: celdas de 5m², torturas y el método del gusano
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España: los suicidios en las cárceles aumentan con la pandemia
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España: ¿Por qué las mujeres son menos del 8% de la población reclusa en España? Así son las cárceles femeninas en nuestro país
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Guatemala: sangriento motín en cárcel de Guatemala deja siete reos decapitados
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España: cuatro de las 12 operaciones contra el yihadismo en 2021 en España tuvieron lugar en cárceles
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Géorgie : tuberculose, les prisons, viviers pour les souches multirésistantes
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French
Cameroun : deux personnes transgenres condamnées à de la prison ferme
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French
China: welfare petition with 100,000 signatures pours heat on Hong Kong prison bosses to protect inmates from sweltering weather
The drive, initiated by rights group Wall-fare which was set up by former opposition lawmaker Shiu Ka-chun, urges measures such as cold water, improved ventilation and extra showers.
South Africa: inmates complain about the excessive use of force by prison officials
The Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services (JICS) said it has been approached by inmates, officials, and associations representing inmates, to address the alleged excessive use of force by correctional officials on inmates.
Colombia: octava jornada de protestas mientras organizaciones denuncian cerca de 40 fallecidos
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Argelia: condenada a dos años de cárcel una destacada activista por insultos al presidente y ofensas al islam
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Mexico: seen in the press / 2022
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