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October 21, 2019

Haiti : dicey prison conditions made worse by crisis

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Central America and the Caribbean Material conditions Haiti

Port-au-Prince (AFP) - With protests rocking the streets, some prison authorities in Haiti have confined inmates to cells that lack showers or toilets, in a country where most detainees are stuck awaiting trial for months or even years.

October 17, 2019

RDC : le personnel de la prison de Bukavu dénonce les conditions de détention

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Africa Material conditions Congo - Kinshasa

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October 7, 2019

Madagascar: out of sight

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Africa Women Material conditions Activities Social ties Madagascar

Elise Maillot is 30 years old. She has been visiting prisons for the last two years. She was in Madagascar, her home country, at the end of 2018. There, she visited the Manjakandriana prison for women. Prison Insider asked her three questions.

October 6, 2019

USA: inmate recorded horrid prison conditions using cameras hidden in Bible, oversize glasses

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North America Material conditions United States

A prisoner at the Martin Correctional Institution spent years recording life at the Florida facility, detailing horrid conditions and neglect from staff, according to The Miami Herald.

October 5, 2019

Gambia: des conditions de détention qui tardent à changer

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Africa Material conditions Gambia

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September 6, 2019

Sénégal: ces photos ne montrent pas des détenus au Sénégal mais les conditions de détention y demeurent "extrêmement préoccupantes"

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Africa Material conditions Senegal

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August 30, 2019

Iran: prisoners in Iran’s Gharchak prison for women protest inhumane living conditions

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Women Middle East Material conditions Torture Iran

Two hundred inmates in Ward 5 of Gharchak Prison for women in the Iranian city of Varamin have sent an open letter to the head of the State Prisons Organization in Tehran Province protesting the prison’s inhumane living conditions.

July 18, 2019

Liberia: prisoners, officers complain of overcrowded conditions

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Africa Material conditions Overcrowding Liberia

Inmates are often crammed into cells, lack access to regular meals, clean drinking water and medicine, and often rely on family members to bring food on visits.

July 11, 2019

Morocco: la triste situation des prisons marocaines

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Africa Material conditions Morocco

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July 8, 2019

Tajikistan: food poisoning kills 14 prison inmates

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Material conditions Tajikistan

Tajikistan has opened a criminal investigation after 14 prison inmates died of food poisoning while being transferred from Tajikistan’s northern Sogd region to prisons in Dushanbe, Norak, and Yovon in southern Tajikistan on July 7.

July 5, 2019

Iraq: rare photos shine light on "degrading" conditions in Iraqi jails

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Middle East Material conditions Iraq

Concerns overcrowding at prisons for Isis suspects could fuel radicalisation.

July 3, 2019

France: un rapport pointe les difficiles conditions de vie des détenus la nuit

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Europe Material conditions France

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June 27, 2019

Syria: woman recalls regime torture, condition of women in prisons

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Women Middle East Material conditions Torture Syria

Thousands of women across Syria have been subjected to torture under the custody of the Syrian regime, while about 128,000 civilians remain in detention.

June 26, 2019

Sudan: Bashir’s regime protest prison conditions

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Africa Material conditions Sudan

Members of the regime of ousted president Omar Bashir who have been jailed in the Koper Prison in Khartoum since their removal from power in April, are protesting against their prison conditions.

June 21, 2019

Paraguay: más cárceles no solucionan el hacinamiento

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South America Material conditions Paraguay

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June 11, 2019

Switzerland: des élus vaudois veulent améliorer les conditions des femmes en prison

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Women Europe Material conditions Switzerland

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June 7, 2019

Libya: l'ONU dénonce les conditions de détention «épouvantables» des migrants

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Africa Material conditions Libya

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May 20, 2019

Kenya: mothers in prison deserve better conditions to bring up children

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Africa Material conditions Social ties Kenya

The Kenya Prisons Service has allowed children under four years to accompany their mothers to prison, where they are accorded relatively proper care.

April 23, 2019

Nigeria: stringent bail conditions responsible for prison congestion

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Africa Material conditions Nigeria

Some lawyers in Lagos on Tuesday attributed prison congestion in the country to the inability of defendants to perfect stringent bail conditions.

April 17, 2019

Japan: expensive daily products at Osaka prison prompts human rights concern from lawyers

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Asia Material conditions Japan

Tissue paper and other daily products sold at Osaka Prison are so expensive that inmates mostly cannot purchase them, a situation amounting to a human rights violation, according to local lawyers.

April 9, 2019

Netherlands: better prison food could be key in reducing re-offending

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Europe Material conditions Netherlands

The Netherlands should look to Scandinavian examples and allow more prisoners to prepare and cook their own food, because there is evidence that they are less likely to re-offend, according to research carried out by the justice ministry.

April 9, 2019

USA: California inmates detail prison conditions of maggots, mice falling in dining hall

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North America Material conditions United States

Maggots and mice have fallen onto inmates’ dining tables at a California state prison where holes in the roof also allow rain and bird droppings to seep through and streak the walls, according to an inmate lawsuit that charges the state isn’t moving fast enough to repair deteriorating prisons.

January 28, 2019

Mali: conditions de vie exécrables des surveillants de prison

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Africa Material conditions Mali

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January 16, 2019

Les conditions de détention continuent de se dégrader en Afrique et dans le monde

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