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Coronavirus: Prison Fever / 2021

Africa Coronavirus North America Central America and the Caribbean South America Asia Elderly prisoners Europe Middle East Oceania Health Mental health Material conditions Activities Social ties
The virus has not stopped at prison gates. What measures are taken to guarantee the safety of all prisoners and prison staff? What are the consequences of the pandemic on the living conditions in prisons? Here is an overview. — Update 05/03/2021 Read more
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South Africa: investigating prison for profit

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Africa Material conditions Facilities Torture Violence South Africa
Violence has deep roots in South Africa, going back to colonial conquest and the apartheid state, which ruled by the gun and the whip. Its citizens continue to live in fear of violent crime at home and on the streets. Which is why the perpetrators of crime in the country — and particularly those who…

Source — Global Investigative Journalism Network

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Ecuador: prison riots leave 79 dead, including 34 in Cuenca. Gang wars result in beheadings, dismemberments

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South America Drugs Protest Violence Ecuador
According to Ecuador’s interior ministry, the number of inmates killed in gang warfare in Cuenca, Guayaquil and Latacunga prisons was at least 79. Earlier Tuesday, the ministry said that 62 had died but said later that it had discovered additional bodies and body parts. The death count early, by prison,…

Source — Cuenca high life

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Argentina: en cumplimiento de un fallo de la CorteIDH, el SPF aprueba un nuevo protocolo de traslados de personas privadas de libertad

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South America Access to legal rights Justice Facilities Social ties Argentina

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

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Venezuela: detenidos de Policarirubana piden descongestionamiento

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Coronavirus South America Health Overcrowding Venezuela

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

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Venezuela: familiares de presos de Polimiranda deben llevar agua a diario para aseo y consumo

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South America Health Material conditions Venezuela

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Irán: recluso sometido a 60 azotes y en riesgo de amputación tras intento de suicidio

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Middle East Health Mental health Torture Violence Iran

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Bielorrusia: las autoridades atacan a menores de edad para reprimir la disidencia

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Pre-trial detention Minors Europe Protest Violence Belarus

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Rusia: las cárceles de Moscú, colmadas de seguidores de Navalny

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Pre-trial detention Asia Access to legal rights Material conditions Protest Russia

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Ecuador: violentos motines dejan más de 75 muertos en tres cárceles

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South America Protest Overcrowding Violence Ecuador

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Équateur : des mutineries dans trois prisons font 79 morts

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South America Protest Violence Ecuador

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

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République démocratique du Congo : comment lutter contre la malnutrition et les maladies dans les prisons ?

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Africa Health Congo - Kinshasa

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

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New Zealand: treatment at Auckland women's prison 'degrading' and 'inhumane' - judge

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Women Access to legal rights Oceania Justice Material conditions Violence New Zealand
Corrections broke its own rules and regulations multiple times in its treatment of Mihi Bassett and Karma Cripps, who were gassed in their cells and forced to perform a humiliating ritual to be fed, Manukau District Court Judge David McNaughton says. His ruling also confirms the women had to remove…

Source — Rnz

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