December 2018
Africa
Middle East
Egypt
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — France Info
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Middle East
Bahrain
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Source — France24
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South America
Venezuela
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.
Source — Caracol
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Australia: call for air-conditioners in 'inhumane' cells after outback heatwave triggers prison riot
News
Oceania
Material conditions
Australia
Prisoners forced to live in cells during a scorching Red Centre heatwave should be allowed access to air-conditioning as a human right, a Territory union leader says.
Source — ABC
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Europe
France
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Source — Le Point
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Women
Europe
Religion
Italy
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Source — Yabiladi
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Asia
Violence
Thailand
A Thai prisoner died early Tuesday after being electrocuted by high-voltage barbed wire as he attempted to escape, police said.
Wiwat Aksorsom, 32, broke free from his cell just after midnight along with two other prisoners and tried to scale the six-metre (20-ft) walls of his prison in southern Su…
Source — BFMTV
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Europe
United Kingdom
The prisoner served more than 10 years behind bars and was then faced with re-building her life.
Source — Liverpool Echo
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Europe
Social ties
Belgium
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Source — L'Avenir
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South America
Venezuela
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Source — El Universal
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Europe
Social ties
United Kingdom
There are calls for landline phones to be installed in prison cells in Scotland to help keep families connected.
Source — kingdom
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South America
Argentina
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.
Source — Perfil
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Europe
Drugs
United Kingdom
Measure in England and Wales aims to combat problem of post being sprayed with drugs.
Source — The Guardian
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