Overcrowding
Central America and the Caribbean
Health
Overcrowding
Haiti
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — Le Nouvelliste
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Overcrowding
Morocco
Mustafa Ramid, the Moroccan minister of justice and liberties confirmed the continued overcrowding of the kingdom’s prisons and attributed the phenomenon to the now-common practice of pretrial detention and the delayed start of cases involving the prematurely arrested detainees.
Source — Morocco World News
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Europe
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Myykola Gnatovskyy, President of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) : “I can say that in several countries, we have seen conditions where persons would not have sufficient living space in a cell, or even had to share beds with other prisoners – something that is very alarming…
Source — Euronews
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Overcrowding
Romania
Romania will have to pay close to EUR 100,000 compensations to 18 convicted inmates who have served prison sentences or are currently incarcerated because of the poor detention conditions in local prisons, following a decision by the European Court of Human Rights – ECHR in Strasbourg.
Source — Romania Insider
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Central America and the Caribbean
Pre-trial detention
Overcrowding
Haiti
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Source — Le Nouvelliste
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Women
Overcrowding
Tunisia
The BBC has been given rare access to an all-women prison in Tunisia, where facilities are becoming increasingly over-crowded.
Source — BBC
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Central America and the Caribbean
Overcrowding
Haiti
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Source — Le Nouvelliste
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Africa
Overcrowding
Tunisia
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Source — Webdo.tn
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Africa
Overcrowding
Tunisia
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Source — Africa Manager
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Central America and the Caribbean
Protest
Overcrowding
Haiti
The former French naval officer looks down from the walls of Haiti’s National Penitentiary at the mass of prisoners crowded in the yards below and delivers a simple verdict.
Source — Evening Standard
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Overcrowding
Hungary
Many member countries of the Council of Europe have problems with overcrowded prisons, among them Hungary, a report released in Brussels today showed.
Source — Daily News Hungary
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