Coronavirus
Coronavirus
South America
Mental health
Social ties
Brazil
Realities on the ground are discussed by Rafael Godoi, a sociologist and researcher at Rio’s Universidade Federal (UFRJ), and Alessandra Félix, an activist from Brazil’s north-eastern state of Ceará.
Global Prison Trends 2021
Report
Africa
Coronavirus
Women
Asia
Europe
Minors
Middle East
Oceania
Health
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Death penalty
More than eleven million people are imprisoned around the world. Of this number, 70% are awaiting trial, a percentage that has been continuously increasing since 2000.
Global prison crisis
Interview
Africa
Coronavirus
Crises
Asia
Europe
Middle East
Oceania
Overcrowding
The world prison population is still increasing. How does the COVID-19 crisis differ from other ongoing or future crises? Are prison environments doomed to be in perpetual crisis?
Prison Insider in 2020
Activity report
Coronavirus
Middle East
Health
Overcrowding
Iran
Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned on Tuesday of the dangerous situation faced by prisoners in Iran as the COVID-19 crisis deepens in the country, calling on authorities in the Islamic Republic to “unconditionally” release prisoners detained for peaceful dissent.
“Iran’s prison authorities should unco…
Coronavirus
Pre-trial detention
Asia
Access to legal rights
Justice
Myanmar (Burma)
The military regime has suspended trials inside Insein Prison in Yangon due to rising COVID-19 infections in the commercial capital, according to defense lawyers.
Australia: Ageing prisoners
Analysis
Opinion
Coronavirus
Elderly prisoners
Oceania
Health
Alternatives
Australia
ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. Natasha Ginnivan discusses the ageing prison population in Australia.
Coronavirus
Europe
Protest
Torture
Italy
Italian police on Monday arrested 52 prison officers on suspicion of mistreating prisoners in quelling a riot sparked by a case of COVID-19 among inmates in the middle of the first virus lockdown last year.
Naples police sent in special penitentiary police forces after the April 6 riot at the jail…
Coronavirus
South America
Social ties
Brazil
ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. Maria Teresa dos Santos is the chair of the Associação de Amigos e Familiares de Pessoas em Privação de Liberdade (As…
Coronavirus
South America
Overcrowding
Brazil
ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. Patrick Cacicedo is a Public Defender based in São Paulo.Patrick holds a PhD from the University of São Paulo (USP),…
Africa: health beyond epidemics
Analysis
Opinion
Africa
Coronavirus
Health
Material conditions
ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. Frédéric Le Marcis focuses on epidemic responses in prison environment in different African countries.
Europe: towards a binding legal framework for places of detention
Analysis
Opinion
Coronavirus
Culture
Europe
Justice
France
Concertina’s goal is to convene people from various backgrounds and disciplines, all motivated by detention and incarceration.
India: remote hearings and the rights of accused persons
Analysis
Opinion
Coronavirus
Asia
Access to legal rights
India
ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. Madhurima Dhanuka discusses the impact of remote hearings on fair trials.
Coronavirus
Asia
Health
Overcrowding
Thailand
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, prisons in Thailand were already in a state of crisis. Reform is long overdue.
Coronavirus
Asia
Health
Material conditions
Cambodia
The UN in Cambodia will provide material to Preah Sihanouk provincial prison to help prevent Covid-19 transmission after 34 cases were found among detainees on May 8.
Guinée : après sept mois de détention arbitraire, le militant Oumar Sylla doit être libéré
News
Africa
Coronavirus
Pre-trial detention
Access to legal rights
Justice
Health
Guinea
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Coronavirus
Asia
Material conditions
Overcrowding
India
In the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, all jails, including Mumbai Central, Thane, Taloja, Kalyan, Byculla and Byculla women’s jail, are overcrowded.
Coronavirus
Middle East
Health
Protest
Violence
Bahrain
Tensions had been rising in the country’s main Jau prison since an outbreak of COVID-19 last month
Coronavirus
Middle East
Health
Overcrowding
Social ties
Saudi Arabia
Fears are growing for the health and wellbeing of imprisoned human rights defender Mohammed al-Qahtani, who has been held incommunicado after testing positive for Covid-19 in Saudi Arabia’s Al Ha’ir prison, said Amnesty International.
Brasil: Xuxa propuso que se prueben vacunas y medicamentos en presos “que al menos sirvan para algo”
News
Coronavirus
South America
Health
Brazil
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Venezuela: limitaciones de movilidad durante cuarentena radical impiden que familiares lleven alimentos a sus detenidos
News
Coronavirus
South America
Health
Material conditions
Social ties
Venezuela
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