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March 31, 2017

India: inmates in Bagalkot prison go on hunger strike, demand better quality food

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Asia Protest India

The prisoners complained of bad food quality.

March 29, 2017

Mexico : deux morts dans l'émeute d'une prison

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America Central America and the Caribbean Protest Violence Mexico

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March 27, 2017

Tchad : évasion spectaculaire à Abéché, 95 détenus s'échappent d'une prison

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Africa Protest Chad

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March 21, 2017

Mutinerie au Guatemala : 3 otages libérés et 3 surveillants tués

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America Central America and the Caribbean Protest Violence Guatemala

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March 20, 2017

Two killed, several injured in riot at Guatemala prison

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America Central America and the Caribbean Protest Guatemala

A riot erupted Sunday at a prison for juveniles and adults, and authorities said two jail monitors were killed and several other people suffered injuries.

March 3, 2017

Argentine : sept détenus brûlés dans une mutinerie

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America South America Protest Violence Argentina

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February 27, 2017

Belgium: évasion à la prison belge de Lantin, le détenu a été aidé par trois complices

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Europe Protest Belgium

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February 27, 2017

Spectaculaire évasion dans une prison belge

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Protest Belgium

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February 16, 2017

New Brazilian prison riots leave 26 dead

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Protest Brazil

Twenty-six inmates were killed in eruptions of violence inside two prisons in northern Brazil, officials said Sunday as they quelled the latest in a string of jail disturbances across the country in which more than 100 people died within two weeks.

February 1, 2017

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

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America South America Protest Violence Chile

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January 16, 2017

Inmates beheaded in new Brazil prison riot

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America South America Protest Violence Brazil

Twenty-seven inmates were killed in a Brazilian prison riot that broke out on Saturday, adding to chaos in a penitentiary system in which some 140 inmates have died in gang warfare since the start of the year. Members of a drug gang started the clash by invading a pavilion in the Alcaçuz prison tha…

January 11, 2017

France : Longuenesse, incendie et mutinerie à la prison

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Europe Protest Violence France

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January 8, 2017

Brazil: at least four dead in third prison riot in a week

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Protest Brazil

Back in October, Manaus Public Jail was deactivated for being “cesspool of human rights violations”

January 2, 2017

Brésil : plus de 50 morts lors d'une mutinerie dans une prison

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America South America Protest Violence Brazil

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January 2, 2017

Brazil prison riot kills at least 56 in Amazonas state

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Protest Brazil

A riot in an overcrowded prison in northern Brazil has left at least 56 inmates dead, many of them decapitated, officials say.

January 1, 2017

Gunmen free inmates at Bahrain prison

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Middle East Protest Bahrain

Gunmen armed with automatic rifles and pistols stormed a Bahraini prison on Sunday, killing a police officer and releasing 10 inmates convicted on terrorism charges, police said. The attack on Jaw Prison represents a significant escalation of the simmering unrest that has gripped the island nation…

December 27, 2016

Afrique du Sud : trois morts dans une mutinerie en prison

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Protest Violence South Africa

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December 16, 2016

Nouvelle mutinerie dans une prison anglaise

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Protest Violence United Kingdom

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December 15, 2016

Canada : un mort au cours d'une mutinerie

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America North America Protest Violence Canada

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November 27, 2016

France : nouvelle mutinerie à la prison de Valence

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Europe Protest Violence France

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November 27, 2016

France : Valence, fin de la mutinerie à la prison

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Europe Protest Violence France

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November 7, 2016

UK : Bedford Prison Riot VideoPrison guards were forced to retreat to a ‘safe place’ until riot officers arrived.

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Europe Protest United Kingdom

Video shows inmates whooping with excitement during six-hour rampage.Prison guards were forced to retreat to a ‘safe place’ until riot officers arrived.

November 3, 2016

Inde : une évasion digne d’un mauvais scénario de film

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Asia Protest India

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October 24, 2016

Haïti : 174 inmates escape prison

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America Central America and the Caribbean Protest Haiti

Scores of inmates from a Haitian prison escaped Saturday after killing an officer and stealing weapons, authorities said. Judge Henry Claude Louis-Jean said others were injured in the prison break that occurred in Arcahaie, a coastal town about 50 kilometers north of Haiti’s capital.