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January 13, 2016

South Africa: the Mandela Rules, a diplomatic success but will they lead to better care of SA prisoners?

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South Africa

In December 2015 the UN General Assembly adopted without voting the revised UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners now known as the Nelson Mandela Rules “to honour the legacy of the late president of South Africa, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, who spent 27 years in prison in the cour…

January 6, 2016

Gabon : les détenus de Libreville livrés à eux-mêmes dans une "prison bidonville"

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Africa Gabon

Des prisonniers enchaînés, des cellules encrassées où s’entassent des dizaines de détenus ou encore des pénuries d’eau qui durent des jours : un Observateur nous raconte, photos à l’appui, le quotidien des détenus de la prison centrale de Libreville au Gabon. Ce n’est pas la première fois que la pr…

January 1, 2016

Côte d'Ivoire : le président ivoirien gracie 3 100 prisonniers de la crise postélectorale de 2010

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Africa Côte d’Ivoire

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December 31, 2015

Guatemala : Situación de los derechos humanos en Guatemala: Diversidad, desigualdad y exclusión

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America Central America and the Caribbean Guatemala

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December 29, 2015

Haïti : pénitencier national au-dedans de l’enfer

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America Central America and the Caribbean Overcrowding Haiti

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December 29, 2015

Côte d'Ivoire : MACA: Le régisseur limogé à cause du phénomène “Yacou le Chinois”

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Africa Côte d’Ivoire

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December 22, 2015

Côte d'Ivoire : "Yacou le Chinois", le détenu qui fait la loi dans la prison d’Abidjan

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Africa Drugs Côte d’Ivoire

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December 1, 2015

Guatemala : Un motín en una prisión deja 16 muertos en Guatemala

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America Central America and the Caribbean Violence Guatemala

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November 30, 2015

Sénégal : l'escrime pour les mineurs en prison, une réinsertion à fleurets mouchetés

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Africa Senegal

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November 19, 2015

Burundi : incidents dans la prison de Mpimba

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Africa Violence Burundi

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November 10, 2015

Au Liban, les prisons à l'ombre du droit

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Middle East Lebanon

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November 4, 2015

On death row in Singapore

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Asia Singapore

Each week, Roads & Kingdoms and Slate publish a new dispatch from around the globe. For more foreign correspondence mixed with food, war, travel, and photography, visit their online magazine or follow @roadskingdoms on Twitter. Update, Nov. 5, 2015: Kho Jabing’s execution, scheduled for Friday,…

November 1, 2015

On death row in Singapore

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Asia Singapore

I was sitting in a hotel room in Kuala Lumpur when I received the message on Monday afternoon. It was from Jumai, a short but heart-breaking note, sent over WhatsApp: “My brother this Friday die.”

October 28, 2015

Panama: the 'Guantanamo Bay of Panama' prison raises human rights concerns

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America Central America and the Caribbean Panama

The remote island prison dubbed the Guantanamo Bay of Panama houses the country’s most dangerous prisoners, but concerns are mounting over harsh conditions and human rights violations occurring behind the prison’s impregnable walls.

October 23, 2015

Uganda: rehabilitation, spies, and goals at Uganda's lone maximum security prison

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Africa Uganda

Uganda’s only maximum security prison, Luzira, holds a sophisticated prison soccer tournament known not only for its top-notch talent, but the remarkable part it plays in the country’s low recidivism rate.

October 22, 2015

Cameroon : prisons severely overcrowded

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Overcrowding Cameroon

Yaounde - Human rights groups in Cameroon say prisons constructed for 500 detainees are housing more than 3,000 people, many of whom can be held for years without charge in inhumane conditions. The government says it is working on solutions.

October 17, 2015

Cameroun : le marché de construction de la prison centrale de Douala-Ngoma attribué à une entreprise suspendue des marchés publics de la BAD

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Africa Cameroon

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October 14, 2015

Grande-Bretagne : la formation des gardiens de prison n'aura pas lieu

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United Kingdom

Le gouvernement britannique s’est trouvé contraint, sous la pression de l’opinion, de se retirer d’un appel d’offres visant la formation de gardiens de prison en Arabie Saoudite.

October 13, 2015

Georgia : human rights inspectors allowed to take photos in prisons

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Georgia

The Georgian government will from next year allow the Public Defender’s Office to take pictures inside prison. This will allow photographic evidence to be obtained in cases where there is suspicion of abuse, or when sanitary conditions are deemed questionable.

October 7, 2015

Life inside the Philippines' prison without walls

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Asia Philippines

Twice the size of Paris, the open-air Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm offers a unique approach to reforming criminals.

October 1, 2015

Côte d'Ivoire : les enfants oubliés des prisons ivoiriennes

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Africa Côte d’Ivoire

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August 28, 2015

Uganda: 28,000 inmates spend nights standing

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Africa Uganda

As a result of congestion in the country’s 247 jails, more than half of the prison population (about 28,000 prisoners) spends the night standing. This state of prisons highlights what the lawmakers yesterday called a crisis in the criminal justice system as authorities blame “perennial underfunding…

August 11, 2015

Italie : l'île-prison où les détenus sont aussi vignerons

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Europe Italy

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July 31, 2015

Chad reintroduces death penalty with anti-terror law

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Justice Chad

Chad reintroduced the death penalty just six months after its abolition on Thursday, as legislators passed a stringent anti-terror bill in the face of a spate of deadly Boko Haram attacks.