Madagascar
Madagascar : The right to health must not be "forgotten behind bars"
Analysis
Opinion
Access to legal rights
Health
Mental health
Overcrowding
Madagascar
ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. Tamara Léger draws on her previous research experience to highlight the severe impact of prison overcrowding on health…
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Madagascar: out of sight
Interview
Africa
Women
Material conditions
Activities
Social ties
Madagascar
Elise Maillot is 30 years old. She has been visiting prisons for the last two years. She was in Madagascar, her home country, at the end of 2018. There, she visited the Manjakandriana prison for women. Prison Insider asked her three questions.
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Captured childhood
Portfolio
Africa
Health
Madagascar
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — News Mada
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Africa
Health
Madagascar
Almost one in every two prisoners in Madagascar suffers from moderate or severe malnutrition. In 2015, more than 9,000 inmates were identified as malnourished and treated as part of an emergency food programme aiming to get this extremely vulnerable population back on their feet and prevent malnutrition-related…
Source — ICRC
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Africa
Overcrowding
Madagascar
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — Midi Madagasikara
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Prisons of Madagascar
Portfolio
Africa
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Madagascar
“Overcrowding, the stench of urine as soon as you cross the threshold, rats and vermin everywhere…” Virginie de Galzain
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Africa
Madagascar
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — CICR
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