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March 28, 2017

United States : le Texas sous-évalue les handicaps mentaux pour condamner à mort

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Violence United States

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March 28, 2017

France : Voiture de police incendiée: Antonin Bernanos est remis en liberté

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Europe France

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March 28, 2017

Colombia : El chat de la prisión

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America South America Colombia

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March 28, 2017

UK: prison suicide rate more than doubles in four years, figures reveal

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Suicide United Kingdom

Assaults and self-harm in jails in England and Wales also reach record levels as politicians are urged to address the ‘shameful’ issues facing the penal system.

March 28, 2017

Hongrie: la détention des migrants commence

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Europe Hungary

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March 27, 2017

Chad : conditions de vie précaires des détenus, le budget de la nourriture détourné

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Africa Material conditions Chad

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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 26, 2017

Chad: civil society activists in solidarity march with jailed leaders

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Chad

A number of activists in Chad on Saturday marched to a prison in the outskirts of the capital N’Djamena where four leaders of civil society groups are being held.

March 25, 2017

Une Québécoise dans l’enfer d’une prison haïtienne

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America Central America and the Caribbean Haiti

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March 25, 2017

RDC : à Kasumbalesa, conditions de vie difficiles à la prison centrale

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Africa Material conditions Congo - Kinshasa

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March 24, 2017

RDC : à Goma, 174 détenus libérés de la prison de Munzenze

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Africa Congo - Kinshasa

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March 23, 2017

The terror and torment of Turkey's jailed journalists

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Europe Turkey

Prisoners tell of solitary confinement and maltreatment after being caught up in ‘Kafkaesque’ media purge.

March 22, 2017

Guatemala : le désastreux système de protection des mineurs

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America Central America and the Caribbean Guatemala

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March 22, 2017

Pays-Bas : fermer les prisons pour mieux les rouvrir

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Europe Netherlands

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March 22, 2017

USA: how prison visitation cuts devastate families

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Social ties United States

Buried in the New York state budget is a proposal to cut weekday visits for over 20,000 inmates. For families of incarcerated people, this could mean barely having any real contact with their loved ones.

March 21, 2017

Inde : comment sortir d’une prison quand on est innocent ?

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Asia India

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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 21, 2017

Guatemala police rescue hostages from rioting youth jail inmates

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America Central America and the Caribbean Guatemala

Riot police in Guatemala have entered a youth detention centre and rescued four hostages from rioting inmates.

March 21, 2017

Mali : projet de centre pénitentiaire agricole à Koulikoro, le CICR soutient les détenus

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Africa Mali

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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 20, 2017

Royaume-Uni : Supreme court to consider appeal to enforce smoking ban in jails

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United Kingdom

Prisoner says rules on smoking in communal areas are not being upheld, exposing him to dangerous levels of secondhand smoke. The remaining rights of prisoners to smoke inside their cells are to be challenged at the supreme court in a case which, if successful, could inflame discipline problems in p…

March 17, 2017

Spain: suicidios, incendios, despotismo… la cárcel de lujo de Artur Mas ya es casi una ruina

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Europe Suicide Spain

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March 16, 2017

Penitentiary system in Costa Rica undergoing changes

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America Central America and the Caribbean Costa Rica

Since 1999 Costa Rica hasn’t built a new prison, but for this 2017, the country will have three new Comprehensive Care Units that will host 1,600 prisoners in spaces suitable for work and study.

March 16, 2017

Sierra Leone: justice for women who kill

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Africa Women Sierra Leone

Aminata* was only 17 years old when she was arrested for killing her former boyfriend eight years ago. She was sentenced to death for murder in November 2010 and feared each day she would be executed before her sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by the government on Sierra Leone’s 50th Inde…