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April 26, 2022

Lebanon : prisons in 2022

Analysis

Pre-trial detention Women Minors Middle East Foreign prisoners LGBTQI Long-term prisoners Access to legal rights Discipline Justice Health Mental health Material conditions Suicide Overcrowding Death penalty Torture Violence Activities Social ties Work Lebanon

All there is to know about Lebanese prisons in 2022. Key figures, life in detention, references: discover all the data gathered by Prison Insider.

April 21, 2022

United States: “the darkness suffocates me at all time”

Testimonial

LGBTQI Violence Social ties United States

Xandan is incarcerated at Lane Murray Unit, a state prison located in Texas. He tells us how a typical day goes by.

March 9, 2022

Senegal: out of step, outlawed

Interview

Africa LGBTQI Justice Material conditions Violence Senegal

A new bill is looking to toughen punishment for homosexuality. There are serious concerns about detention conditions for LGBTI people. Interview.

February 9, 2022

Iran : Deux hommes exécutés pour homosexualité

News

Middle East LGBTQI Death penalty Iran

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February 8, 2022

Lebanon: the LGBTQI population, forgotten prisoners

Interview

Middle East LGBTQI Lebanon

Openly belonging to the LGBTQI community can lead to prison, where there is no dedicated mechanism to protect these individuals. The organisation ProudLebanon is trying to change this. Interview.

January 3, 2022

Au Sénégal, des députés veulent durcir les sanctions contre l’homosexualité

News

Africa LGBTQI Justice Senegal

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November 29, 2021

Burkina Faso: Humiliation of LGBTQI+ Prisoners

Testimonial

Africa LGBTQI Material conditions Torture Violence Burkina Faso

LGBTQI+ prisoners are sometimes deprived of food and water while incarcerated.

November 25, 2021

Ecuador: La realidad de las mujeres transgénero en las cárceles

News

South America LGBTQI Violence Ecuador

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October 26, 2021

Ghana : un projet de loi menace de prison les homosexuels

News

Africa LGBTQI Justice Ghana

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October 25, 2021

Rejection of LGBTQI+ people in Burkina Faso

Testimonial

Africa Pre-trial detention LGBTQI Material conditions Overcrowding Violence Burkina Faso

Karel tells us about detention conditions in Ouagadougou’s central police station and the treatment of incarcerated LGBTQI+ individuals.

October 14, 2021

Estados Unidos: Nueva York trasladará mujeres y transexuales de la peligrosa cárcel de Rikers

News

North America Women LGBTQI United States

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May 27, 2021

Cameroun : deux personnes transgenres condamnées à de la prison ferme

News

Africa LGBTQI Justice Cameroon

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March 17, 2021

Polonia: la absolución de las mujeres del halo arcoíris pone en evidencia tácticas de intimidación contra activistas

News

Pre-trial detention Women Europe LGBTQI Access to legal rights Poland

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February 24, 2021

India: misgendering, sexual violence, what it is to be a transgender in a prison

News

Asia LGBTQI Violence India

The Wire’s Sukanya finds how the transgender community faced physical and sexual violence in Indian prisons, and their complaints overlooked by the authorities.

February 12, 2021

Chile: interno de cárcel de La Serena se suicida tras acosos de gendarmes por su orientación sexual

News

South America LGBTQI Access to legal rights Torture Violence Chile

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February 12, 2021

Chile: siguen los abusos en gendarmería, ahora torturan a interna trans en cárcel de Arica

News

South America LGBTQI Access to legal rights Torture Violence Chile

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February 12, 2021

Salvador: inside a prison cell for gay former gang members

News

Culture Central America and the Caribbean LGBTQI Drugs Violence Religion El Salvador

“It was completely unheard of“. “Because in the gangs, if there’s even the suspicion that you’re gay, you pay for it with your life.”

February 3, 2021

Chile: cárcel y mujeres, la urgencia de pensar un sistema penitenciario con enfoque de género

News

South America Women LGBTQI Access to legal rights Social ties Chile

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February 3, 2021

Chile: “que puedan manifestar el género asumido” y reclusión segmentada, el nuevo protocolo de gendarmería para internos trans

News

South America LGBTQI Access to legal rights Justice Chile

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December 22, 2020

United States: trans inmate wins federal case to get gender affirming surgery

News

North America Women LGBTQI Access to legal rights Justice United States

A U.S. District Court judge has ruled that a prison would violate an inmate’s constitutional rights by denying her from having gender-affirming surgery, and has ordered correction officials to allow for the inmate to make such arrangements.

September 15, 2020

Nicaragua: mujeres trans hablan desde las prisiones durante la COVID-19

News

Central America and the Caribbean Women LGBTQI Access to legal rights Justice Health Material conditions Nicaragua

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July 6, 2020

Colombia: 285 casos de discriminación a población LGBTI en prisión en 2019

News

South America LGBTQI Violence Colombia

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June 17, 2020

UK: trans and in prison during a pandemic, a rare glimpse behind bars

News

Coronavirus Europe LGBTQI United Kingdom

Overcrowded, confined spaces are a nightmare for the spread of coronavirus. This makes prisons a potential hotspot for the disease. Despite this, most researchers who study prisons have been locked out of them at this crucial time. In the UK, the prison and probation service has halted primary rese…

June 12, 2020

Latin America: una masacre anunciada

News

Coronavirus Central America and the Caribbean South America LGBTQI

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