Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

November 19, 2018

Equateur : Ernesto Pazmiño reconoce problemas de hacinamiento y de corrupción en las cárceles del país

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America Central America and the Caribbean Ecuador

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November 18, 2018

Spain: funcionarios de prisiones mantienen su huelga con bloqueos en varias cárceles

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Europe Spain

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November 18, 2018

Nicaragua: CIDH pide investigar torturas en las cárceles del país

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America Central America and the Caribbean Torture Nicaragua

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November 17, 2018

France: justice, une réforme contestée

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Europe France

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November 17, 2018

USA: hazing, humiliation, terror — working while female in federal prison

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Women United States

Inmates expose themselves and threaten rape. Male guards let them do it. Women who complain are ‘pretty much blackballed.’

November 16, 2018

France: la France Insoumise veut améliorer les conditions de détention des personnes trans’

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Europe LGBTQI France

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November 16, 2018

Uruguay: a diez meses de la inauguración de la cárcel público-privada

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America South America Uruguay

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November 15, 2018

France: rétention d'enfants, un "traitement inhumain et dégradant". La lettre ouverte de 16 associations.

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Europe France

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November 12, 2018

United-Kingdom: 'Signs of improvement' at 'worst' prison

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Europe United Kingdom

A troubled prison that was taken over by the government is showing early signs of improvement, inspectors say. HMP Birmingham was removed from the control of G4S in August after it was said to be in a “state of crisis”. The Independent Monitoring Board said conditions inside the jail had been “squa…

November 11, 2018

Paraguay: el abuso de la prisión preventiva provoca hacinamiento en las cárceles

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America South America Paraguay

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November 11, 2018

Angola : plus de 600 guinéens détenus à la prison de Trinta… [audio]

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Africa Angola

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November 11, 2018

France: soignants en psychiatrie, le « règne de l’absurde » ?

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Europe Mental health France

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November 11, 2018

Morocco & Western Sahara: la huelga de hambre, única opción de los presos políticos

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Africa Morocco

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November 11, 2018

Argentine : grave problema, hacinamiento y superpoblación en cárceles y comisarías

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America South America Overcrowding Argentina

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November 11, 2018

Argentina: el presidente de la Corte Suprema aseguró que no se debe detener a las personas que están en juicio

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America South America Argentina

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November 11, 2018

Spain: el narcotráfico, causa del 30% de los ingresos en prisión acordados en Galicia en 2017

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Europe Spain

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November 10, 2018

United States: to lower prison health costs, Maryland serves healthy food

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Health Material conditions United States

Not long after taking over as warden of the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women in Jessup, Margaret M. Chippendale noticed a sizable problem: Women were leaving the system a lot heavier than when they arrived.

November 10, 2018

Ireland: prison service defends luxuries in new violence reduction unit for country's most dangerous inmates

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Europe Violence Ireland

“If they don’t experience some normality in prison how are they going to behave normally outside?”

November 9, 2018

France: "La prison n’est pas la solution idéale"

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Europe France

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November 8, 2018

Colombia: cárceles de Antioquia, las más hacinadas

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Overcrowding Colombia

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November 8, 2018

France: détenu passé à tabac à Strasbourg, trois surveillants en garde à vue

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Europe France

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November 7, 2018

United Kingdom: children in prison aren’t coping - but nobody seems to care

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Europe United Kingdom

Most young people in English jails feel isolated and take drugs to deal with stress, grief and anger – it’s a ticking time-bomb.

November 7, 2018

Argentina: el 70% de las mujeres detenidas en cárceles federales no tiene condena

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America South America Argentina

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November 7, 2018

Bolivia: unos 5.000 internos en cárceles recibieron indulto humanitario

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Bolivia

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