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España: una concentración en Bilbao pide durante toda la noche otra política penitenciaria

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Europe Access to legal rights Justice Spain

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Venezuela: los "pures" caen presos mientras intentan sobrevivirI

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South America Elderly prisoners Access to legal rights Health Material conditions Social ties Venezuela

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France : le sport en prison, "c'est le seul moyen pour s'évader"

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Culture Europe Health Mental health France

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France: conditions de détention en prison

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Europe Access to legal rights Justice Material conditions Overcrowding France

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México: ¿qué libro le regalarías a una mujer que está en la cárcel?

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Culture Central America and the Caribbean Women Activities Social ties Mexico

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El Salvador: el caso de Cindy Erazo y qué supone su liberación para otras 18 mujeres condenadas por la estricta ley contra la interrupción del embarazo

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Coronavirus Central America and the Caribbean Women Long-term prisoners Access to legal rights Justice Health El Salvador

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Argentina: sin visitas y con menos actividades, así viven la cuarentena los presos

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Coronavirus Culture South America Activities Social ties Argentina

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Chile: ordenan mejoras en la cárcel de Valdivia

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South America Health Material conditions Overcrowding Chile

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France: la galère des familles de détenus après la suppression d’un arrêt de bus desservant la prison de Fleury-Mérogis

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Women Europe Foreign prisoners Material conditions Social ties France

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France: en 2019, près de 54 000 étrangers sans titre de séjour ont été enfermés

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Coronavirus Pre-trial detention Europe Foreign prisoners Justice France

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United States: nearly 1,000 inmates, more than 200 staff in Wisconsin prisons have tested positive for coronavirus

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Coronavirus North America Health United States
After nearly flattening for about three months, positive coronavirus tests in Wisconsin prisons are back on the rise at rates worse than ever. More than 600 inmates in state-run prisons tested positive for coronavirus in the past month, bringing the total to 953 since the beginning of the pandemic.…

Source — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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United Kingdom: the disgraceful prisons expose ministers' refusal to learn from mistakes

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Europe Access to legal rights Justice Material conditions Overcrowding United Kingdom
The slow-motion collapse of England and Wales’ prison system is a textbook example of the government’s repeated public service failures in the age of austerity. The mismanagement of the prison estate, exposed in a scathing report from the Commons public accounts committee, is a carbon copy of minis…

Source — The Guardian

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Australia: prisoner advocates call for abolition of 'discriminatory' voting restrictions as inmates prepare to cast vote in state election for the first time

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Coronavirus Pre-trial detention Oceania Access to legal rights Health Material conditions Overcrowding Rehabilitation Australia
Prior to the legislative changes that came into effect in January, Queensland had the most restrictive prisoner voting laws in the country, with inmates barred from participating in state or local government elections. Now, prisoners serving sentences of less than three years will be given the powe…

Source — ABC

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Lebanon: the largest prison grapples with alarming covid-19 outbreak

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Coronavirus Middle East Health Material conditions Overcrowding Lebanon
Lebanon’s largest prison on Thursday was grappling with an alarming coronavirus outbreak, as many inmates refused to take preventative measures or get tested under the impression that catching the virus could speed up their release as part of a rumored general amnesty, the head of the country’s doc…

Source — Daily Sabah

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Liban: plus de 200 cas de covid-19 dans la principale prison du pays

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Coronavirus Middle East Health Material conditions Overcrowding Lebanon

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Ouganda: vaste chasse à l'homme pour retrouver 200 prisonniers échappés

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Africa Coronavirus Health Protest Uganda

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