Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

September 29, 2017

Perù : cárceles productivas generan ingresos por S/ 120 millones

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America South America Peru

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September 28, 2017

Perù : autoridades de 8 países comparten en Lima experiencias en gestión de cárceles

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America South America Peru

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September 27, 2017

USA: House Dem introduces bill to incentivize states to reduce prison populations

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America North America United States

A House Democrat has introduced a criminal justice reform bill in the House would create 20$ billion to incentivize states to reduce the nation’s mass incarceration.

September 23, 2017

Argentina : Atrapamuros, la revista sobre cárceles y testimonios del encierro recibió un importante reconocimiento

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America South America Argentina

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September 22, 2017

Venezuela : por lo menos 45 presos políticos corren riesgo de morir en cárceles del país

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America South America Venezuela

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September 22, 2017

Uruguay : funcionarios de la enfermería de la Cárcel de Canelones denuncian condiciones deplorables

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America South America Uruguay

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September 22, 2017

Argentina : con cifras escalofriantes, la CPM presentó su informe anual sobre las cárceles y comisarias bonaerenses

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America South America Argentina

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September 21, 2017

Venezuela : dos privados de libertad murieron de hambre en cárceles de Los Teques y Táchira

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America South America Venezuela

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September 21, 2017

Uruguay : lanzan programa de educación en las cárceles

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America South America Uruguay

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September 21, 2017

Colombie : les prisonnières n'ont plus d'eau

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America South America Material conditions Colombia

Local sources have informed us of a disturbing situation in the Jamundí prison complex. Inmates in the women’s section have not had access to running water since the night of Thursday, 14 September. We have also learned that they were denied access to telephones until Sunday 17 September, thereby m…

September 21, 2017

El Salvador : las policía de El Salvador esta utilizando “cárceles clandestinas”

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America Central America and the Caribbean El Salvador

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September 21, 2017

Argentina : según la CPM, cada semana mueren tres presos en las cárceles de la provincia

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America South America Argentina

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September 13, 2017

Canada : les cellules d’isolement des détenus contestées devant la Cour

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America North America Discipline Canada

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September 13, 2017

Paraguay : internos prendieron fuego a colchones y sábanas

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America South America Paraguay

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September 9, 2017

Argentina : denunciaron al menos 343 maltratos y torturas en cárceles federales en el primer semestre de 2017

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America South America Torture Argentina

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September 9, 2017

México : detecta CNDH mal uso de cárceles en Nayarit

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America Central America and the Caribbean Mexico

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September 9, 2017

Argentina : admitieron hábeas corpus para presos alojados en cárceles del sur provincial

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America South America Argentina

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September 1, 2017

Argentina: over five hundred prisoners on hunger strike call for justice

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America South America Argentina

Five hundred prisoners, from Villa Urquiza prison (province of Tucumán), decided to go on a hunger strike on August 23. They were joined, on August 30, by 54 new strikers from Concepción prison, located in the south of the province.

August 26, 2017

Panama: redes de corrupción operan en càrceles

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America Central America and the Caribbean Panama

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August 26, 2017

Mexico: desde cárceles, 106 mil llamadas de extorsión

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America Central America and the Caribbean Mexico

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August 25, 2017

Argentine: el nuevo Código Procesal Penal y las cárceles en Tucumán

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America South America Argentina

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August 24, 2017

Colombia: cárceles, la solución inútil

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America South America Colombia

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August 24, 2017

Honduras: 190 reclusos fueron enviados este jueves a cárceles de máxima seguridad

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America Central America and the Caribbean Honduras

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August 23, 2017

Salvador: denuncian hacinamiento extremo en cárceles de El Salvador

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America Central America and the Caribbean Overcrowding El Salvador

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