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United States: the role of plant-based food in the prison system

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North America Access to legal rights Health Mental health Material conditions United States
British prisons and jails must provide for vegan inmates by law; as of January this year, veganism is an explicitly protected belief under the Equality Act 2010, the same as religious beliefs. This protection is not absolute, nor does veganism have legal protection everywhere in the world. In the U.S.,…

Source — Sentient Media

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United States: California law is step forward but fails to guarantee safety for trans prisoners

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North America Women Access to legal rights Justice Health Mental health Material conditions Violence United States
Syiaah Skylit has been imprisoned in California since 2015. Despite multiple requests to be placed in a women’s prison, Skylit, a Black trans woman, has always been incarcerated in the state’s men’s prisons. There, she has faced attacks by incarcerated men as well as sexual abuse and retaliation by prison…

Source — Truthout

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France: aumônerie musulmane en prison, décryptage d’un phénomène en croissance

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Europe Access to legal rights Mental health Social ties Religion France

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Belgique : prison et Covid, la double peine

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Coronavirus Europe Health Mental health Social ties Belgium

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United States: prison is even worse when you have a disability like autism

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North America Access to legal rights Mental health United States
When Drew Harrison was in prison, just sitting in his cell overloaded his senses. To dim the fluorescent lights, he covered the bulbs with toothpaste or paper. To mask overwhelming odors, he wrapped his uniform around his head. Once, when he asked to stay longer in the prison yard, Harrison, who has…

Source — The Marshall Project

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Jamaica: helping move mentally ill out of prison not an issue

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Central America and the Caribbean Access to legal rights Mental health Jamaica
“Resources and funding” have been identified by Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton as the hurdles that his ministry would need to clear in order to find suitable spaces so that mentally ill prisoners can be removed from correctional facilities. A recommendation for “some place other than…

Source — Jamaica Observer

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United States: advocates file complaint over Texas youth prison conditions

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North America Minors Access to legal rights Justice Mental health Material conditions Violence United States
Detainees in Texas’ juvenile prisons suffer from frequent physical and sexual abuse, inadequate mental healthcare and high rates of staff turnover, two youth advocacy groups wrote in a federal complaint Wednesday. The rights of the hundreds of youths detained in five secure facilities around the state…

Source — San Francisco Chronicle

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Venezuela: denuncian violación de DDHC a reclusos en la subdelegación Cicpc Las Acacias

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Pre-trial detention South America Access to legal rights Justice Health Mental health Material conditions Overcrowding Social ties Venezuela

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United States: conditions at South Carolina juvenile facility unconstitutional

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North America Minors Access to legal rights Justice Mental health Material conditions Violence United States
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued notice on February 5, 2020 that it has found the “totality of the conditions, practices, and incidents” it discovered at Broad River Road Complex (BRRC), South Carolina’s long-term juvenile commitment facility, violated the juveniles’ Fourteenth Amendment rights. After…

Source — Prison legal news

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France : le sport en prison, "c'est le seul moyen pour s'évader"

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Culture Europe Health Mental health France

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Liban : le documentaire qui met le pays face à lui-même

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Culture Middle East Mental health Lebanon

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France : suicides en prison

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Europe Mental health Suicide Social ties Religion France

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México: las otras pandemias en las cárceles

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Coronavirus Central America and the Caribbean Health Mental health Material conditions Overcrowding Mexico

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España: el gobierno vasco urge a "adaptar la política penitenciaria a la realidad actual"

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Europe Justice Health Mental health Spain

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Uruguay: Salud sexual y reproductiva en cárceles: papanicolau, colposcopía, mamografía, anticoncepción y asesoramiento de IVE

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South America Women Mental health Rehabilitation Work Uruguay

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UK: lockdown report reveals HMP Maidstone inmates confined to cell for 23 hours a day with higher number of self-harm incidents

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Coronavirus Europe Mental health United Kingdom
An inspection of a Kent prison during lockdown has revealed inmates have been confined to their cells for 23 hours a day and had no face-to-face contact with the outside world for at least 12 weeks. The report has also highlighted a “self-inflicted death” at HMP Maidstone since the restrictions came…

Source — KentOnline

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Dura crítica del Defensor del Pueblo a la crueldad en las cárceles españolas

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Minors Europe Mental health Spain

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France: la prison altère le fonctionnement du cerveau

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Europe Mental health France

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