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March 29, 2018

Sixty eight killed in Venezuelan police station riot and fire

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America South America Protest Violence Venezuela

Rioting and a fire in the cells of a Venezuelan police station in the central city of Valencia killed 68 people on Wednesday, according to the government and witnesses.

March 28, 2018

France: "la densité carcérale est passée de 114% à 117%" en un an

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Europe Overcrowding France

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March 28, 2018

Comment Casanova Agamemnon est devenu le plus ancien détenu de France

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Europe France

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March 28, 2018

France: surpopulation, réinsertion difficile...

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Europe Overcrowding France

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March 28, 2018

United States: let's imagine a national organizing effort to challenge mass incarceration

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America North America United States

This story is the seventh in Truthout’s “Visions of 2018” series, in which activist leaders answer the question: “What would you like to see created, built, imagined or begun this year?” Each piece will focus on a bold idea for transformation, to give us fuel as the year moves forward.

March 28, 2018

Venezuela: motín en PoliCarabobo, descenso al infierno

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America South America Violence Venezuela

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March 28, 2018

Colombia: proteger, no asesinar

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Colombia

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March 27, 2018

El Salvador: CIDH, medidas en cárceles violan derechos humanos

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America Central America and the Caribbean El Salvador

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March 27, 2018

USA: Arizona prisons boss blames contractor for problems with inmate care

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Health United States

Arizona Corrections Director Charles Ryan took the witness stand at a hearing Tuesday and blamed a medical services contractor for the state’s failure to follow through on all its promises to improve inmate care.

March 26, 2018

Puerto Rico: trasladarán confinados a Estados Unidos para cerrar cárceles locales

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Puerto Rico

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March 23, 2018

Venezuela: el hambre, el peor azote de las cárceles

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America South America Venezuela

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March 22, 2018

Malta: prisoners serving life should be eligible for parole, court rules in landmark judgment

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Malta

Prisoners serving life have a ‘right to hope’ and should be allowed the possibility to apply for parole after 25 years of jail, the constitutional court has said.

March 22, 2018

UK: six prisoners kill themselves in less than two years at notorious jail amid "severe overcrowding", watchdog finds

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Health Overcrowding United Kingdom

Campaigners say “appalling” death toll in HMP Leeds a “direct result” of severe overcrowding as inspectors reveal 1,127 men are held against certified normal capacity of 669.

March 22, 2018

Zimbabwe: otorga amnistía a tres mil reos para desahogar prisiones

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Africa Justice Zimbabwe

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March 22, 2018

Japan: the elderly are committing more crimes than teenagers

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Asia Japan

Lonely seniors are shoplifting in search of the community and stability of jail.

March 22, 2018

USA: go inside Iowa’s oldest prison this April

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Culture United States

Tickets are now on sale for the public to tour the historic Iowa State Penitentiary over the weekend of April 14-15.

March 22, 2018

Italy: Fatma Bucak's best photograph, a teenager in a Turin prison about to be freed

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Italy

“He had been sold a vision of paradise and found himself in jail. His release was four days away – he didn’t know if he’d survive outside”

March 21, 2018

USA: new creative writing course challenges inmates at State Penitentiary

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Activities United States

It’s a new program as part of student research teaching creative writing to inmates nearing the end of their sentence. So far, it’s making a profound difference.

March 21, 2018

Ireland: human rights group applies to join extradition to Poland case

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Ireland

Ms Justice Aileen Donnelly has said a number of recent legislative changes in Poland were “so immense” that the High Court was forced to conclude that the rule of law in Poland had been “systematically damaged”.

March 21, 2018

USA: a new lawsuit might finally help S.C. inmates with Hepatitis C get the treatment they need

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Health United States

A 2017 study by researchers from Emory University found that one in seven state inmates might be infected with Hepatitis C. The journal Health Affairs conducted a survey that found that less than one percent of infected inmates were treated in 2015, according to the 41 states that reported data.

March 20, 2018

Turkey: more than 50,000 inmates employed in prison workshops across the country

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Europe Middle East Turkey

The number of workshops employing inmates in jails across Turkey has reached to 1,700, with more than 50,000 prisoners working under the program overseen by the Ministry of Justice.

March 16, 2018

USA: "voiceless" inmates find healing through poetry program

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United States

For the past two decades, the Johnson County Library Incarcerated Services and Arts in Prison Writing programs have opened the world of literacy and writing to incarcerated juveniles and adults throughout Kansas.

March 15, 2018

Argentina: Mendoza tendrá una "cárcel para principiantes"

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America South America Argentina

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March 15, 2018

United States: Oklahoma is planning to use Nitrogen gas for executions

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Death penalty United States

After trying unsuccessfully for months to obtain lethal injection drugs, Oklahoma officials said Wednesday they plan to use nitrogen gas to execute inmates once the state resumes using the death penalty, marking the first time a U.S. state would use the gas to carry out capital punishment.