June 2017
South America
Uruguay
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.
Source — En perspectiva
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Coopération Cameroun-Union Européenne : un plaidoyer pour l’encadrement des mineurs en détention
News
Africa
Europe
Cameroon
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Source — Actu Cameroun
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South America
Uruguay
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Source — Subrayado
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Europe
Middle East
Turkey
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Source — Blog mediapart "Des livres face aux prison"
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Asia
Philippines
(CNN)Philippines citizens may need to start exercising their vocal chords.
The country’s House of Representatives has approved a bill requiring members of the public to sing the country’s national anthem, Lupang Hinirang, “with fervor” whenever it is played publicly.
Source — CNN
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Asia
Health
Drugs
Cambodia
With authorities expressing a desire to extend the Kingdom’s controversial drug war beyond its six-month window, observers say an outbreak of respiratory illness among prisoners in Kampong Speu’s provincial prison last week has underscored the medical pressures created by an ongoing prison overcrow…
Source — The Phnom Penh Post
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Asia
Torture
Thailand
As Thailand has delayed passage of legislation to criminalize torture and enforced disappearances, a committee created by the junta leader to investigate the matter met for the first time Monday.
The committee, chaired by Justice Minister Suwaphan Tanyuvardhana, was set up under Gen. Prayuth Chan-o…
Source — Khaosod English
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Asia
Drugs
China
Two courts in southern China’s Guangdong province sentenced 13 people to death for producing and selling drugs at a public trial in a stadium in the city of Shanwei watched by some 10,000 people, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
Source — South China Morning Post Society
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South America
Torture
Argentina
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Source — Infocielo
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Asia
Indonesia
A Bali prison break by four inmates last Monday has again shone the spotlight on longstanding issues of overcapacity and understaffing at Indonesia’s correctional facilities.
The challenge of securing over 200,000 inmates in fewer than 500 prisons in the country was further highlighted when a warde…
Source — The Straits Times
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Oceania
Material conditions
Australia
Two young Northern Territory men who went on a crime spree across three jurisdictions have been sent to jail.
Ethan Austral, 18, and Rhys McLean, 23, were involved in police pursuits through South Australia and into New South Wales last December.
They were passengers in a car driven by Ethan Austra…
Source — ABC News
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Asia
Torture
India
Tension prevailed at the district collectorate here today when a couple attempted to self-immolate accusing an police inspector and a retired Assistant Commissioner of police (ACP) of giving torture over a financial transaction with a private lender.
Source — The Covai Post
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Europe
Latvia
Parallel to the development of the draft laws, the preparation of the electronic monitoring public procurement procedures was initiated. This procurement was the most complex in the history of the SPS and the implementation of the procedure was unexpectedly time consuming. The development of the dr…
Source — Confederation of European Probation
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Europe
Torture
Moldova
The objective of the ToT course is to prepare a group of trainers from the staff members of the People’s Advocate Office and members of the NPM, approximately 20 persons, for delivering further trainings to their peers on the topics covered by the TOT.
Source — Council of Europe
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Pre-trial detention
Georgia
The report highlights that establishment of effective investigation mechanism is necessary for an independent investigation of ill-treatment in the penitentiary system, which had been repeatedly mentioned by the Public Defender in his recommendations earlier too. Practical implementation of dynamic…
Source — Interpressnews
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Netherlands
Unlike the United States of America, the prison population and crime rate in the Netherlands has been steadily decreasing for years. As a result, the country’s government is repurposing correctional facilities into housing for refugees who are waiting to be granted asylum status — a process that us…
Source — Inhabitat
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