Chile

July 2, 2020

Chile: la realidad de las cárceles en pandemia y la falta de información pública

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Coronavirus South America Health Chile

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June 4, 2020

Chile: la pandemia en las cárceles, riesgo de contagio de la población penal es 6 veces más alto

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Coronavirus South America Health Chile

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April 30, 2020

Chile: los motines también se propagan

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Coronavirus South America Health Protest Violence Chile

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March 11, 2020

Chile: our children are going to prison'

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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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November 6, 2019

Chile: "contra las mujeres y las personas LGBTIQ existe una violencia específica"

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South America LGBTI Violence Chile

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July 21, 2019

Chile: alertan sobre alto índice de violencia en cárceles

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South America Violence Chile

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July 31, 2018

Chile: overcrowded cells with no water and ill treatment

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South America Health Overcrowding Chile

Many prisons do not have running access to drinking water 24h/day, a dramatic situation in Chili. Read more

June 12, 2018

“Chile exige invertir más en escuelas que en cárceles”: críticas a Piñera por aumento de penas para menores

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Chile

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Source — El Ciudadano

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May 28, 2018

Chile: existen cerca de 20 denuncias al día por agresiones

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Chile

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Source — Ahora noticias

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May 22, 2018

Chile: INDH reveló hacinamiento, celdas sin agua y maltratos en cárceles

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Material conditions Chile

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Source — Cooperativa

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May 14, 2018

Chile: mitad de cárceles presentan hacinamiento, según informe

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Chile

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Source — Spanish people

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March 3, 2018

Chile: una noche en la Penitenciaría

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Chile

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Source — La tercera

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February 19, 2018

Chile: el horizonte de las penas de cárcel

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Chile

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Source — El mostrador

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January 13, 2018

Chili: el recorrido del Papa en la cárcel

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South America Women Chile

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Source — La Tercera

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January 6, 2018

Chile: más de 250 presos inician huelga de hambre en la cárcel de Punta Arenas

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Chile

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Source — El Magallánico

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December 27, 2017

Mantener a cada preso en Chile tiene un costo de 724 mil pesos mensuales

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Chile

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Source — CNN Chile

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November 27, 2017

#VotoPreso - A party where prisoners are not invited

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South America Access to legal rights Justice Chile

Chileans are preparing to vote for the second round of the 2017 presidential elections this coming December 17. Country with one of the highest incarceration rates in Latin America, the vote of its prison population can weigh heavily in an election that is likely to be tight. Read more

August 24, 2017

Roberto Ampuero: "No debería haber cárceles especiales en Chile"

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Chile

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Source — CNN Chile

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July 5, 2017

Chili : nueva cárcel de Talca tendrá capacidad para 2.300 internos y moderno sistema de seguridad

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South America Chile

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Source — BioBioChile

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June 12, 2017

Chile takes historic step on National Preventive Mechanism

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Pre-trial detention Chile

During APT’s visit to Chile on 29 and 30 May, President Bachelet signed the bill to establish an effective and independent National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) for Chile. The long-awaited bill was sent to Congress on 29 May and is currently being examined by both the Commissions of Human Rights and Budget.…

Source — APT

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February 10, 2017

Chile: prison guards "turn guns on prisoners"

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Chile

Violence broke out between prisoners and guards in the Colina II prison in the north of Chile’s capital Santiago on February 1. Dozens of people were wounded. But was it really an uprising on the part of prisoners?

Source — Observers France24

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February 1, 2017

Chile: Riot in one of the most dangerous prisons in the country leaves 40 inmates wounded

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South America Protest Violence Chile

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Source — Infobae

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June 8, 2016

Chile: informe del subcomité para la prevención de la tortura y otros tratos o pena crueles, inhumanos o degradantes

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Torture Chile

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Source — SPT

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