Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

June 1, 2018

Perú: el país se consagra campeón Mundial... de los presos

News

America South America Peru

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May 28, 2018

Perú: las cárceles se están convirtiendo en bombas de tiempo

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America South America Peru

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May 28, 2018

Argentina: cada semestre se registra un aumento de la cantidad de presos en un sistema colapsado

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America South America

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May 27, 2018

Guatemala: IDPP trabaja en deshacinar las cárceles con redención de penas

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America Central America and the Caribbean Guatemala

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May 23, 2018

Uruguay: Petit sobre las cárceles, “hemos mejorado pero estamos muy mal”

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America South America Uruguay

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May 22, 2018

Argentina : ampliarán la capacidad de alojamiento de las cárceles entrerrianas

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America South America Argentina

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May 22, 2018

Uruguay: señalan que proyecto de ley que amplía prisión es inconstitucional

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America South America Uruguay

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May 17, 2018

México: hay 426 integrantes de la comunidad LGBTTTI en cárceles capitalinas

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America Central America and the Caribbean Mexico

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May 17, 2018

Venezuela: political prison seized by inmates ahead of presidential election

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America South America Protest Violence Venezuela

Riot after alleged torture casts shadow over campaign of Nicolás Maduro before Sunday’s vote

May 13, 2018

Uruguay: para el consejero Héctor Florit no es bueno que escolares visiten cárceles

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America South America Uruguay

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May 6, 2018

Reglas Mandela, bases para mejorar cárceles que México ignora

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America Central America and the Caribbean Mexico

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May 3, 2018

México: el eterno suspenso de las cárceles

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America Central America and the Caribbean Mexico

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April 18, 2018

México: menores infractores no deben ser encarcelados

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America Central America and the Caribbean Mexico

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April 15, 2018

Argentina: una cárcel vieja, mil historias y ocho gatos

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America South America Argentina

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April 12, 2018

Uruguay: condena carcelaria de la ONU

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America South America Uruguay

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April 11, 2018

Twenty dead in attempted breakout from Brazil prison

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America South America Protest Violence Brazil

A number of inmates at a jail in the northern Brazilian city of Belem have died during an attempted mass breakout.

April 9, 2018

Canada : plaidoyer contre les dérives des conditions de libération

News

America North America Drugs France

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April 9, 2018

Of Lengths and Measures

Portfolio

America North America Facilities United States

Stephen Tourlentes began to notice prisons, especially after dark, when they broadcast their location through the use of surveillance and lighting. He spent 17 years visiting these detention facilities after dark.

April 3, 2018

Story Of Earl Reinhardt

Portfolio

America North America Long-term prisoners Health Rehabilitation United States

Sarah Bones meets Earl, who has spent the past 50 of his 75 years behind bars.

April 2, 2018

Venezuela: attorney general says prison authorities were negligent in fire that caused deaths of 68 inmates

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America South America Violence Venezuela

Venezuela’s attorney general said Monday that five jailed officials had been negligent in their handling of a prison fire that killed 68 people last week in central Carabobo state, and admitted that the country’s penal system is seriously overcrowded.

April 2, 2018

Venezuela: "muerte de 68 presos no es mi competencia”, ministra de prisiones

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America South America Violence Venezuela

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April 1, 2018

Fire in Mexican prison kills at least six police officers

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America Central America and the Caribbean Protest Violence Mexico

VERACRUZ, Mexico — Six police officers died on Sunday from smoke inhalation after prisoners started a fire while resisting an effort to transfer dangerous inmates out of a prison in Mexico’s Gulf Coast state of Veracruz, the authorities said.

April 1, 2018

Venezuela: prisiones hasta con un 250% de sobrepoblación

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America South America Overcrowding Venezuela

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March 30, 2018

Argentina: fighting daily against discrimination

Testimonial

America South America Argentina

“Fighting is my thing!” Pablo is currently imprisoned in Argentina. He has spent half his life in prison.