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April 13, 2017

Chad: attack on prisoner convoy kills 10

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Violence Chad

At least 10 people were killed in Chad in an attack against a convoy carrying prisoners, security sources have said.

April 12, 2017

Tchad : le massacre prémédité des prisonniers tués hier ?

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Africa Violence Chad

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April 11, 2017

La peine de mort recule de 37 % depuis 2015

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Death penalty Violence

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April 5, 2017

Spain: el 'motín' de los funcionarios de prisiones

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Europe Violence Spain

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April 4, 2017

Australia: treatment of young offenders moved to Barwon prison akin to torture, former head of youth jail education says

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Oceania Torture Violence Australia

The former chief of Victoria’s youth jail schooling system claims the State Government misled the public over the use of Barwon adult maximum security prison to jail young offenders — who he says are being treated in a manner he equates to “torture”.

April 3, 2017

Inmates hurl stones in rare riot at prison in Rwandan capital

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Africa Protest Violence Rwanda

Inmates protesting living conditions at Gasabo prison in the Rwandan capital of Kigali hurled stones over the prison’s walls on Monday, damaging nearby houses and disrupting traffic, residents and officials said.

March 31, 2017

Mise en lumière du recours à la détention pratiqué par la Hongrie, alors que le Sous-comité des Nations Unies pour la prévention de la torture conclut sa visite

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Europe Torture Violence Hungary

Hungary should immediately address the excessive use of detention, the UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) said on Friday at the end of an 11-day visit to the country.

March 29, 2017

Mexico : deux morts dans l'émeute d'une prison

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Central America and the Caribbean Protest Violence Mexico

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March 28, 2017

United States : le Texas sous-évalue les handicaps mentaux pour condamner à mort

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Violence United States

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March 21, 2017

Mutinerie au Guatemala : 3 otages libérés et 3 surveillants tués

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Central America and the Caribbean Protest Violence Guatemala

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March 3, 2017

Argentine : sept détenus brûlés dans une mutinerie

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South America Protest Violence Argentina

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March 1, 2017

OAS questions Brazil Ministry of Justice about prison violence

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Violence Brazil

For the international organization, Brazil has a “inescapable legal duty to take concrete steps to guarantee inmates’ rights to life and physical integrity”.

February 27, 2017

Australia: lift game on violence to women

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Women Oceania Violence Australia

Women locked up for unpaid fines and red tape stopping others from escaping domestic violence were among issues that left a United Nations expert unimpressed during an inaugural visit to Australia.

February 1, 2017

Chile: Riot in one of the most dangerous prisons in the country leaves 40 inmates wounded

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South America Protest Violence Chile

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February 1, 2017

USA : Donald Trump nomme Neil Gorsuch comme juge à la Cour suprême, un conservateur qui va plaire aux pro-peine de mort

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Violence United States

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February 1, 2017

UK: Exeter prison struggling with drugs and rising violence, say inspectors

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Drugs Violence United Kingdom

Assault and self-harm figures at Devon jail are revealed as justice secretary prepares to publish prison reform bill. Prison inspectors have warned that the situation at Exeter jail is “fragile”, with drugs thrown over the wall on a daily basis and only 29 officers on duty for 490 prisoners.

January 27, 2017

Haïti : le RNDDH dénombre, en 1 an, 71 morts au pénitencier national

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Central America and the Caribbean Health Violence Haiti

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January 26, 2017

France : il volait et violentait les détenus, prison ferme pour un officier pénitentiaire

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Europe Violence France

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January 21, 2017

Au Brésil, la guerre sanglante des gangs fait exploser les prisons

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South America Violence Brazil

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January 21, 2017

Crisis carcelaria en Brasil: policía entra a prisión para reprimir pandillas

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Violence Brazil

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January 16, 2017

Benin: death row prisoners held in cruel limbo

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Africa Death penalty Violence Benin

Prisoners on death row in Benin are languishing in a cruel limbo after a court decision last year effectively abolished the death penalty, but failed to commute existing death sentences, said Amnesty International in a new report today.

January 16, 2017

Inmates beheaded in new Brazil prison riot

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South America Protest Violence Brazil

Twenty-seven inmates were killed in a Brazilian prison riot that broke out on Saturday, adding to chaos in a penitentiary system in which some 140 inmates have died in gang warfare since the start of the year. Members of a drug gang started the clash by invading a pavilion in the Alcaçuz prison tha…

January 13, 2017

France : menaces et radicalisme à la nursery de la prison de Fleury-Mérogis

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Women Europe Justice Violence Religion France

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January 11, 2017

France : Longuenesse, incendie et mutinerie à la prison

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Europe Protest Violence France

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