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Malta: Faculty for Social Wellbeing dean calls for end to solitary confinement in Malta’s prison
News
Europe
Mental health
Material conditions
Rehabilitation
Malta
A position paper issued by the Office of the Dean of the Faculty for Social Wellbeing argues solitary confinement leads to worsening rates of recidivism
Africa
Pre-trial detention
Access to legal rights
Justice
Material conditions
Niger
Some civil society organizations (CSOs) in Enugu State have decried the deplorable condition of awaiting trial inmates in correctional centers and police custody following the judicial workers strike.
Europe: the long road to human dignity
Analysis
Opinion
Pre-trial detention
Europe
Justice
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Activities
Social ties
ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. Here, Maïté de Rue discusses the overuse of pre-trial detention in Europe and its consequences.
Africa
Crises
Pre-trial detention
Asia
Elderly prisoners
Europe
Access to legal rights
Health
Mental health
Drugs
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Social ties
An international research and policy project carried out by the Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR) at Birkbeck, University of London
España: La única cárcel para curas del mundo estaba en Zamora: celdas de 5m², torturas y el método del gusano
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Europe
Material conditions
Torture
Religion
Spain
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish
Asia
Health
Material conditions
Overcrowding
China
The drive, initiated by rights group Wall-fare which was set up by former opposition lawmaker Shiu Ka-chun, urges measures such as cold water, improved ventilation and extra showers.
Coronavirus
Asia
Health
Material conditions
Cambodia
The UN in Cambodia will provide material to Preah Sihanouk provincial prison to help prevent Covid-19 transmission after 34 cases were found among detainees on May 8.
Niger: the cost of living
Testimonial
Africa
Pre-trial detention
Health
Material conditions
Facilities
Overcrowding
Violence
Niger
Two prisoners attest to their conditions in overpopulated prisons. A way to survive: pay, every month, for access to better prison conditions.
Europe
Long-term prisoners
Justice
Material conditions
Torture
Violence
Malta
A prisoner who spoke out on breach of human rights and systematic terror within the prison facility, has been barred from contacting the outside world and thrown into solitary confinement. Correctional Services Agency denies allegations
Asia
Health
Material conditions
Protest
Torture
Violence
Russia
Nine inmates of a prison colony in Smolensk sew their lips shut as part of a hunger strike over “inhuman treatment” at the hands of prison guards.
Asia
Material conditions
Suicide
Violence
Kazakhstan
Two inmates in a prison in Kazakhstan’s western region of Manghystau have swallowed spoons to protest against prison conditions, prompting an inspection of the facility by representatives of the Public Monitoring Commission and the National Preventive Mechanism – groups created to prevent torture a…
Coronavirus
Asia
Material conditions
Overcrowding
India
In the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, all jails, including Mumbai Central, Thane, Taloja, Kalyan, Byculla and Byculla women’s jail, are overcrowded.
Europe
Material conditions
Facilities
Overcrowding
Rehabilitation
Malta
Dean of the Faculty of social wellbeing Andrew Azzopardi said that it is “bursting at the seams”. “A few years ago, we were speaking about 200 to 300 people spending time in jail. It is now full up”
Africa
Health
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Ghana
The Ho central prison infirmary has been upgraded to a health centre to properly serve the health needs of inmates and officers of the prison.
Irán impone otro año de cárcel a Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, la iranobritánica que liberó el pasado marzo
News
Middle East
Foreign prisoners
Justice
Material conditions
Iran
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Venezuela: tragedia de Policarabobo, tres años de retardo procesal, frustración, dolor y sed de justicia
News
South America
Access to legal rights
Material conditions
Facilities
Protest
Venezuela
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Venezuela: limitaciones de movilidad durante cuarentena radical impiden que familiares lleven alimentos a sus detenidos
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Coronavirus
South America
Health
Material conditions
Social ties
Venezuela
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Líbano: torturas a personas refugiadas sirias detenidas arbitrariamente por cargos antiterroristas
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Middle East
Material conditions
Torture
Violence
Lebanon
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Inde : Covid et prison, la vie carcérale pour ces femmes oubliées de la pandémie
News
Coronavirus
Women
Asia
Material conditions
India
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Coronavirus
North America
South America
Europe
Material conditions
“The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons”, novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
Haïti: un rapport évoque la complicité et le manque de gardiens dans l’évasion sanglante de février
News
Central America and the Caribbean
Material conditions
Protest
Violence
Haiti
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Managing uncertainty in prison: diverse responses to COVID-19
Analysis
Thematic paper
Africa
Coronavirus
Crises
Central America and the Caribbean
South America
Asia
Europe
Material conditions
Social ties
As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?