April 2021
Europe
Material conditions
Facilities
Overcrowding
Rehabilitation
Malta
Dean of the Faculty of social wellbeing Andrew Azzopardi said that it is “bursting at the seams”. “A few years ago, we were speaking about 200 to 300 people spending time in jail. It is now full up”
Coronavirus
Middle East
Health
Protest
Violence
Bahrain
Tensions had been rising in the country’s main Jau prison since an outbreak of COVID-19 last month
Africa
Health
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Ghana
The Ho central prison infirmary has been upgraded to a health centre to properly serve the health needs of inmates and officers of the prison.
Italia: detenidos en Francia siete exmiembros de las Brigadas Rojas italianas
News
Europe
Foreign prisoners
Justice
Violence
Italy
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Irán impone otro año de cárcel a Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, la iranobritánica que liberó el pasado marzo
News
Foreign prisoners
Middle East
Justice
Material conditions
Iran
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Pre-trial detention
Asia
Europe
Health
Protest
Violence
Russia
Russian authorities unleashed a crackdown on peaceful protesters demanding the release of Aleksei Navalny, arresting at least 1,700 and using excessive force, including tasers, at demonstrations around the country.
Coronavirus
Middle East
Health
Overcrowding
Social ties
Saudi Arabia
Fears are growing for the health and wellbeing of imprisoned human rights defender Mohammed al-Qahtani, who has been held incommunicado after testing positive for Covid-19 in Saudi Arabia’s Al Ha’ir prison, said Amnesty International.
Culture
Europe
Long-term prisoners
Activities
United Kingdom
“Being encased within steel and mortar shouldn’t alter the fundamental essence of a human being. Amid the brutality and apathy of the prison system, some find the ability to be creative” (Steeldoorstudios exposes the challenges of the creative process in prison.)
Russie : Alexeï Navalny entame une grève de la faim pour protester contre l’absence d’accès à des soins
News
Asia
Europe
Health
Torture
Russia
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North America
Women
South America
Long-term prisoners
Drugs
Brazil
Brazil and the United States are amongst the countries that incarcerate the highest numbers of women. What policies and practices do these countries have in common?