Material conditions
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…
Prison stories // Andrew Aitchison
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Europe
Material conditions
Social ties
Work
United Kingdom
The everyday lives of inmates, guards and visitors.
Europe
Middle East
Material conditions
Turkey
Turkey has been packing its jails with political offenders since a failed coup nearly 14 months ago, and prisoners’ families, lawyers, and activists have told IRIN of an increase in overcrowding, poor medical care, solitary confinement, and mistreatment.
The Dungeon
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Africa
Pre-trial detention
Minors
Material conditions
Burundi
Children languishing in dark cells. They are victims of alleged arbitrary justice, and they spend years without seeing the inside of a courtroom.
Oceania
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Australia
Two young Northern Territory men who went on a crime spree across three jurisdictions have been sent to jail.
Ethan Austral, 18, and Rhys McLean, 23, were involved in police pursuits through South Australia and into New South Wales last December.
They were passengers in a car driven by Ethan Austra…
Forgotten prisoners
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Central America and the Caribbean
Pre-trial detention
Health
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Overcrowding
Haiti
Prisoners are waiting. Most of them will never be judged because their files are missing. Many will die.
Seyi Rhodes is a journalist. He comments some pictures he has shot.
Africa
Material conditions
Congo - Kinshasa
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Africa
Material conditions
Torture
Eswatini
A United Nations group is investigating prison conditions in Swaziland amid reports of inhumane conditions.
Africa
Material conditions
Eswatini
A United Nations group is investigating prison conditions in Swaziland amid reports of inhumane conditions.
Africa
Health
Material conditions
Congo - Kinshasa
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Central America and the Caribbean
Health
Material conditions
Haiti
Haiti Children working with other nonprofits, and Haitians to feed 4,200 prisoners living in dismal conditions
Africa
Material conditions
Congo - Kinshasa
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