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January 10, 2022

France: seen in the press / 2022

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January 10, 2022

Belgium: seen in the press / 2022

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January 10, 2022

Spain: 2021, a year of high-profile crimes and convictions

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Europe Justice Spain

The year 2021 has been one of convictions for some of Spain’s most infamous criminals. Among those sent to prison were Pedro Nieves and the killers he hired to ambush Javier Ardines, a councilman for the United Left party in Llanes, Asturias, as he left his home on the morning of August 16, 2018. A1

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January 10, 2022

Cuba: Cuban mothers denounce government for holding minors in prison for protesting

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Central America and the Caribbean Minors Cuba

Yudinela Castro has seen her son eight times in the past six months, but in a subdued voice says she would have preferred not to have seen him. “It would have been better not to have visited him in prison, because he came out full of scabies, with a bad smell and a hellish color. He had not been ab1

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January 10, 2022

United States: seen in the press / 2022

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January 10, 2022

Argentina: El Gobierno lanza un plan para tener Internet en las cárceles y la oposición salió a cuestionarlo

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South America Social ties Argentina

El Ente Nacional de Comunicaciones (ENaCom) aprobó un programa de $ 1.000 millones para dar conectividad a las cárceles, en un plazo de dos años, para que los presos puedan participar de audiencias con la Justicia, capacitarse y tener “contacto con familiares y allegados a través de plataformas vir1

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January 10, 2022

Colombia: Familiares de presos políticos encarcelados en La Modelo y otras cárceles denuncian torturas

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South America Torture Violence Colombia

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January 6, 2022

Ukraine : Un ancien détenu d’une prison secrète du Donbass raconte

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Europe Material conditions Torture Ukraine

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January 6, 2022

Italie : En prison, “la génération de mafiosi la plus cultivée de tous les temps”

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Culture Europe Long-term prisoners Activities Italy

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January 6, 2022

Syrie : le “piano” de la mort de la prison de Palmyre

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Middle East Death penalty Torture Syria

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January 4, 2022

Chile: Derecho a voto en las cárceles

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South America Access to legal rights Chile

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January 3, 2022

Au Sénégal, des députés veulent durcir les sanctions contre l’homosexualité

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Africa LGBTI Justice Senegal

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January 3, 2022

España: La realidad invisible de los presos con trastornos mentales: "Prisión y salud mental son antagónicos"

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Europe Mental health Spain

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December 23, 2021

Burundi : l’incendie d’une prison fait 38 morts et 69 blessés parmi les détenus

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Africa Facilities Overcrowding Burundi

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December 23, 2021

Netherlands: Why the Dutch are closing prisons – and what they’re doing with empty ones

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Culture Europe Facilities Netherlands

A vast X-shaped building marks the spot on an Amsterdam map that has brought a decade-long search to a close. Spread across three maxed-out campuses, with almost 1,000 students on roll, the British School of Amsterdam had struggled to keep up with the capital’s growing demand for international educ1

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December 22, 2021

Danemark : Pourquoi le pays veut envoyer 300 détenus dans une prison du Kosovo

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Europe Justice Overcrowding Denmark

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December 21, 2021

Corée du Nord : L’horreur des exécutions publiques

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Asia Death penalty North Korea

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December 21, 2021

Le Japon exécute des condamnés à mort, pour la première fois depuis 2019

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Asia Justice Death penalty Japan

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December 9, 2021

El Salvador es responsable por la detención, condena y muerte de una mujer que sufrió una emergencia obstétrica

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Central America and the Caribbean Women Health El Salvador

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December 9, 2021

Argentina: Jornadas sobre violencia de género en las cárceles del Complejo Centro Zona Sur

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Women South America Violence Argentina

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December 9, 2021

España: Los trabajadores de las cárceles de Alicante, «abandonados» por el Ministerio del Interior

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Europe Spain

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December 9, 2021

Europa ha conseguido evitar el desastre del covid en las cárceles, pero ¿a qué precio?

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Coronavirus Europe Overcrowding

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December 8, 2021

United States: seen in the press / 2021

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December 8, 2021

United Kingdom: seen in the press / 2021

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