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April 5, 2016

France : inadequate mental health care in prisons

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Europe Health Mental health France

Detention Conditions, Lack of Treatment Increase Suffering — Thousands of men and women with psychosocial disabilities in French prisons are at risk of suicide or harming themselves because of the neglect of their physical and mental health, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

April 4, 2016

Haïti : 4 096 détenus provisoires dans la promiscuité en attente d’être jugés

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America Central America and the Caribbean Pre-trial detention Overcrowding Haiti

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

April 1, 2016

Côte d'Ivoire : la prison d’Abidjan, laboratoire de la lutte contre le VIH-sida

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Africa Health Côte d’Ivoire

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

March 30, 2016

Cambodia : experts wary as Kingdom mulls private prison plan

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Asia Cambodia

As Cambodia moves towards opening its first privately run prison, international experts have warned the government may have misunderstood the concept and cautioned that privatisation likely isn’t the best way to tackle chronic overcrowding in prisons

March 26, 2016

Japan : two prisoners executed amid protests

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Asia Death penalty Japan

Hangings took place weeks before Japan is due to host the G7 leaders summit. Human rights campaigners have condemned Japan’s use of the death penalty after two inmates were hanged, bringing the number of executions to 16 since the prime minister, Shinzo Abe, took office in late 2012.

March 24, 2016

New Zealand's transgender prisoners fear double bunking will lead to more rape

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LGBTQI New Zealand

Incarceration rates mean jails are running out of beds. But prison advocates worry transgender inmates are the ones suffering the most.

March 23, 2016

Honduras: cárceles ponen en riesgo a presos y generan violencia pandillera

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America Central America and the Caribbean Violence Honduras

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March 20, 2016

Venezuela : toma de rehenes en una cárcel deja 4 personas fallecidas

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America South America Venezuela

Los presos del centro penitenciario Fenix, en Venezuela, tomaron como rehenes a 18 miembros del personal penitenciario durante 4 días, para protestar contra las graves violaciones de derechos humanos que tienen que soportar. Cuatro personas fallecieron y 18 fueron heridas.

March 18, 2016

The women behind bars in Tunisia's crowded prisons

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Women Overcrowding Tunisia

The BBC has been given rare access to an all-women prison in Tunisia, where facilities are becoming increasingly over-crowded.

March 18, 2016

Singapore: majority of S’poreans do not have an irrational fear of the ISA. Is that okay?

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Asia Singapore

The number of ISA arrests have decreased over the years, but we must regularly examine if it is still relevant.

March 14, 2016

Cambodia : Interior Ministry admits to prison drug problem

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Asia Health Drugs Cambodia

In what one commentator described as “a bold step”, the Interior Ministry’s prisons department has seemingly admitted it has a drug problem, and last week sent a letter requesting the Health Ministry’s assistance in tackling it.

March 9, 2016

Uganda updates prison farms in face of rights concerns

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Africa Uganda

Uganda is in the process of modernizing its prison farms amid ongoing concerns over the welfare and possible exploitation of prisoners. Andrew Kisitu, the commissioner in charge of 27 prison farms, told Anadolu Agency that the government recently provided 7.5 billion Uganda shillings ($2.2 million)…

March 4, 2016

South Africa: filth, disease, sex and violence for Pollsmoor's female inmates

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Women Health Violence South Africa

International Women’s Day on March 8 turns the spotlight on the fate of women, in particular their achievements and the slow pace of progress. An often overlooked group are women prisoners.

February 25, 2016

Madagascar : à l’intérieur des murs de la prison

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Africa Madagascar

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February 22, 2016

Côte d'Ivoire : la mort du détenu "Yacou le Chinois" ne "résoudra pas les dérives de la prison d’Abidjan"

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Africa Violence Côte d’Ivoire

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February 10, 2016

La Tunisie, deuxième pays du Maghreb qui emprisonne (proportionnellement) le plus

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Africa Tunisia

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February 9, 2016

Sierra Leone : DIGNITY is pushing for positive changes in prisons

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Africa Sierra Leone

DIGNITY and local partner Prison Watch ensures political commitment to ambitious revision of prison legislation in Sierra Leone. It has been 55 years since the last revision of prison rules in the West African country, but over the past few years the prison authorities – now known as Correctional S…

February 9, 2016

Sierra Leone: a horror story from court and prison

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Africa Sierra Leone

If you are a good Christian or Muslim, or, humanist, a chill would run through your body, you would shed tears at this.

January 29, 2016

Haiti: inauguration of the new civil prison for women in Cabaret

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America Central America and the Caribbean Women Haiti

Thursday, January 28, Ambassador of the United States in Haiti, Peter F. Mulrean, along with several civil, political, religious and local and of the Minustah, proceeded to the inauguration of the new civilian women’s prison located in Cabaret near Ti Tanyenclose to the road leading to Saut d’Eau o…

January 28, 2016

Côte d'Ivoire : qui sont les 300 prisonniers politiques de Côte d’Ivoire?

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Africa Côte d’Ivoire

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January 21, 2016

L’enfer des prisons tunisiennes

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Africa Tunisia

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version or the Arabic version.

January 20, 2016

Prison ministry transforms lives in Sierra Leone

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Africa Sierra Leone

Prisoners in Sierra Leone have received Christ, been baptized and even been released thanks to a thriving United Methodist prison ministry.

January 18, 2016

Benin prison conditions dire

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Africa Material conditions Benin

Geneva - UN experts voiced alarm on Monday at disturbing and cramped conditions in Benin detention facilities, including poor access to water and food, and urged the west African country to immediately reduce overcrowding.

January 17, 2016

Italy decriminalizes obscene acts, other minor crimes to unburden justice system

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Justice Italy

Italy decriminalized a long list of minor crimes on Friday, from obscene acts to blunders by cannabis researchers, to ease pressure on an overburdened justice system that ranks among the least efficient in the world.