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October 16, 2020

United States: inside the COVID unit at the world’s largest women’s prison

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“I am forced to make a choice on what’s more important, my freedom or my health,” Ortega said.

Source — The 19th News

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October 16, 2020

France : feu vert à la nomination de Dominique Simonnot comme Contrôleuse générale des prisons

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October 16, 2020

Argentina: advierten por los riesgos de contagio en las cárceles debido a la sobrepoblación

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October 14, 2020

South Africa: sounding the alarm

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“The numbers kept going up, and up, and up and up…”. More than 2,700 South African prisoners are infected with the coronavirus. We have asked three questions to the NGO Sonke Gender Justice. Read more

October 12, 2020

Venezuela: denuncian violación de DDHC a reclusos en la subdelegación Cicpc Las Acacias

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October 12, 2020

Estados Unidos: la paradoja de la pena de muerte

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October 9, 2020

France: la journaliste Dominique Simonnot nommée contrôleuse générale des prisons

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October 9, 2020

France: le Conseil constitutionnel exige une loi pour faire respecter la dignité humaine en prison

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October 9, 2020

France: des kits d'hygiène féminine distribués gratuitement aux détenues de la maison d'arrêt de Nîmes

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October 9, 2020

Albania: prisoners in Peqin prison go on hunger strike over poor conditions

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Prisoners ask state institutions to approve a general amnesty for a range of crimes, to facilitate the conditions for applying for parole, improve conditions inside the prison and better the treatment they get from security guards. They also want to have more opportunities to communicate with family…

Source — Exit news

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October 9, 2020

United States: prison labor is on the frontlines of the covid-19 pandemic

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As record-shattering wildfires rage throughout California, the state’s incarcerated population is doing the backbreaking work at the front lines. They plow fire lines and battle blazes, for $1 an hour, plus reduced prison time—a program that saves the state tens of millions of dollars annually. While…

Source — The Appeal

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October 9, 2020

United Kingdom: lockdown conditions leave prisoners at risk of serving longer sentences

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Lockdown conditions in prisons have effectively ended opportunities for prisoners to take part in rehabilitation activities and progress in their sentences. For the nearly 11,000 prisoners serving indeterminate sentences (9,000 unreleased; 2,000 recalled), this could lead to them spending significantly…

Source — Prison reform trust

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October 9, 2020

United States: conditions at South Carolina juvenile facility unconstitutional

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued notice on February 5, 2020 that it has found the “totality of the conditions, practices, and incidents” it discovered at Broad River Road Complex (BRRC), South Carolina’s long-term juvenile commitment facility, violated the juveniles’ Fourteenth Amendment rights. After…

Source — Prison legal news

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October 6, 2020

Taste — 10/12

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Each month, the photographer Bertrand Gaudillère creates an image or chooses one from his archives. Prison Insider sends it to a dozen participants, prisoners around the world.They are in Argentina, in the United States of America, in France, in Switzerland, in Guatemala, in Ukraine, in Colombia, in… Read more

October 5, 2020

Bangladesh: hay que liberar a cientos de trabajadores y trabajadoras migrantes en detención arbitraria

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October 5, 2020

Venezuela: el ministerio penitenciario ortogó 80 libertades con régimen de confianza en Guárico

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October 5, 2020

Argentina: por qué son cada vez más las mujeres presas por vender drogas

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