March 2020

March 18, 2020

Middle East: coronavirus, prison fever

News

Coronavirus Middle East Health Material conditions Protest

The Covid-19 does not stop at prison gates. Prisoners often live in overcrowded cells and unsanitary contexts, sharing cells. What measures are taken to guarantee the safety of all prisoners and prison staff? What are the consequences of the pandemic on the living conditions in prisons? — Update 31/12/2020 Read more

March 17, 2020

Italy : Antigone calls for solution

Report

Coronavirus Europe Health Italy

The last weeks have been devastating for prisoners in Italy. The overcrowded Italian prison system found itself unprepared for the sanitary situation caused by the Coronavirus outbreak. Antigone is an Italian human rights NGO focusing on the penal and penitentiary systems. They monitored the situation…

Source — Antigone

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March 12, 2020

France: reintegration is everyone’s business

Analysis Interview

Europe Justice Overcrowding Alternatives Rehabilitation France

With more and more prisoners and a substantial recidivism rate, prison does not succeed in protecting society. Although reintegration is one of the missions of the prison administration, it is not considered to be of vital importance. Why? Read more

March 12, 2020

Women in prison: a "tough place"

Interview

Women Europe Health Mental health

Women and girls make up 7% of the global prison population, in various proportions. While they represent 3% in African countries, it goes up to 8 % in the Americas, and 6 % in Europe. The highest proportions are found in Hong Kong-China (21%), Laos (18%) or Qatar (15%). Read more

March 12, 2020

Spain: justícia pondrá fin a las “zonas ciegas” en las cárceles catalanas

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Europe Justice Spain

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March 11, 2020

Argentina: negociar en desventaja por la presión de estar detenido

News

Pre-trial detention South America Justice Argentina

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March 11, 2020

Mexico: mujeres padecen el olvido en las cárceles

News

Central America and the Caribbean Women Access to legal rights Mexico

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March 11, 2020

Argentina: profundizan las tareas de prevención del dengue en las cárceles bonaerenses

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South America Health Argentina

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March 11, 2020

Spain: primer caso confirmado de COV-19 en un centro penitenciario

News

Coronavirus Europe Health Spain

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March 11, 2020

Italy: revuelta en las cárceles italianas

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Coronavirus Europe Health Protest Violence Italy

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March 11, 2020

Argentina: para agilizar informes criminológicos, dotan de nueva tecnología a cárceles de La Plata, Magdalena y Florencio Varela

News

South America Argentina

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March 11, 2020

Italy: seven dead in Modena prison riot, 20 break out of Foggia

News

Coronavirus Europe Health Protest Violence Italy

(ANSA) - Rome, March 9 - Seven people died as violent protests broke out Monday in 22 Italian prisons against coronavirus restrictions with many inmates asking for an amnesty due to the virus emergency.

Source — Ansa

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March 11, 2020

Jamaica: the agony of serving time in prison while pregnant

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Central America and the Caribbean Women Health Jamaica

In Jamaica, women incarcerated while pregnant face the painful reality of being separated from their newborn up to six months after giving birth — a reality which often leads to anxiety and depression for the rest of their stay in prison.

Source — Jamaica Observer

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March 11, 2020

UK: MoJ challenged to release details of child restraint in prisons

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Minors Europe United Kingdom

A children’s rights charity is challenging the refusal of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to release information showing the reasons why children in prison have suffered pain-inducing restraint, the Guardian has learned.

Source — The Guardian

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March 11, 2020

France: coronavirus : les prisons inquiètes face à l'épidémie

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Coronavirus Europe Health France

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March 11, 2020

France: aux élections municipales, les détenus ne pourront pas voter en prison

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Europe Access to legal rights Activities Rehabilitation France

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March 11, 2020

Chile: our children are going to prison'

News

South America Minors Chile

More than 180 children in Chile have been held in preventive detention – some for up to four months – for their participation in the wave of social unrest which have rocked the country since October.

Source — The Guardian

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March 11, 2020

India: Coimbatore prison inmates to grow sugarcane

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Asia Work India

COIMBATORE: As part of a series of efforts aimed to encourage agriculture activity among prison inmates, Coimbatore central prison authorities have planned to begin sugarcane cultivation at Open Air Jail (OAJ) campus in Ondipudur.

Source — The Indian Express

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March 11, 2020

USA: 152 Parchman inmates sue Mississippi officials over "barbaric" prison conditions and "deprivation" of health care

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North America Health Material conditions Violence United States

Lawyers representing inmates inside the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman filed a second lawsuit in federal court early Wednesday on behalf of 152 inmates who they say have been denied adequate medical and mental health care, fed contaminated food and retaliated against for speaking with their…

Source — CBS News

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March 11, 2020

France: le Sénat veut renforcer la surveillance des djihadistes à leur sortie de prison

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Europe Justice France

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March 11, 2020

El Salvador: la emergencia nacional en las cárceles

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Central America and the Caribbean Access to legal rights Justice Violence El Salvador

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March 11, 2020

Spain: machismo en el sistema penitenciario y la triple condena que sufren las mujeres en las cárceles españolas

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Women Europe Spain

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March 9, 2020

UK: 'our prison deradicalisation programmes aren't working'

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Europe Discipline Justice Religion United Kingdom

The British prison system currently deals with high-security terrorism convicts by sending them to dispersal prisons. These prisoners are distributed around six maximum security dispersal jails and are regularly moved from one to another. This is done to prevent them from establishing close relationships…

Source — PoliticsHome

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March 9, 2020

Australia: WA's overcrowded prison system is a 'ticking time bomb'

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Oceania Overcrowding Australia

A former inmate describes conditions inside the prison system as a “ticking time bomb”, with staff and prisoners under increasing stress

Source — ABC News

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