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December 6, 2018

USA: mold ‘rampant’ at former southern Illinois prison

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Health United States

A shuttered southern Illinois prison is infested with mold, dimming area residents’ hopes it may someday reopen. The Southern Illinoisan reports an inspection of the former Tamms Correctional Center found high levels of two types of mold that cause health issues, including respiratory illnesses. Th…

December 5, 2018

USA: to lower prison health-care costs, Maryland is trying to serve healthier food

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Health Material conditions United States

Not long after taking over as warden of the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women in Jessup, Margaret M. Chippendale noticed a sizable problem: Women were leaving the system a lot heavier than when they arrived.

November 10, 2018

United States: to lower prison health costs, Maryland serves healthy food

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Health Material conditions United States

Not long after taking over as warden of the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women in Jessup, Margaret M. Chippendale noticed a sizable problem: Women were leaving the system a lot heavier than when they arrived.

October 29, 2018

USA: attorneys want all NC prison inmates tested for hepatitis C

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Health United States

Attorneys for a trio of North Carolina inmates with hepatitis C are trying to change how the state deals with the virus in its prison system.

October 25, 2018

France: de moins en moins de malades psychiatriques échappent à la prison

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Europe Health Mental health France

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October 8, 2018

Venezuela: ONG denuncia casos de hepatitis y tuberculosis dentro de cárcel

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South America Health Venezuela

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September 18, 2018

En France, on se suicide sept fois plus en prison qu’en liberté

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Europe Health Suicide Violence France

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September 10, 2018

France : douzième suicide de l’année à la prison de Fleury-Mérogis

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Europe Health Suicide France

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September 7, 2018

USA: will the 2018 prison strike mean better meals for people inside?

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Health Material conditions Protest United States

At the conclusion of a nearly three-week prison strike across North America, the incarcerated and advocates have sought better conditions and better food.

September 4, 2018

Cuba: niegan atención médica a reo con tuberculosis en una prisión de La Habana

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Central America and the Caribbean Health Cuba

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

August 5, 2018

Deteriorating health of detainees in Turkish prisons highlighted in human rights report

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Health Turkey

According to data provided by Turkey’s Human Rights Association (İHD), there are at least 1,154 ailing inmates, 402 of whom have serious ailments, in Turkish prisons, Deutsche Welle (DW) Turkish service reported on Saturday.

July 31, 2018

Chile: overcrowded cells with no water and ill treatment

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South America Health Overcrowding Chile

Many prisons do not have running access to drinking water 24h/day, a dramatic situation in Chili.

July 17, 2018

USA: Portland prisoners' Spice use 'risks health of officers

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Health United States

Prison officers claim their health is being put at risk by inmates using psychoactive substances.

July 12, 2018

Venezuela : malnutrition and tuberculosis

Analysis Report

South America Health

VPO published its 2017 Annual Report, which documented the collapse of the prison system.

June 25, 2018

Estados Unidos: esto es una cárcel, no un hospital

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Health United States

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

May 23, 2018

Ireland: prisons unable to meet rising population’s need for mental healthcare

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Health Mental health Ireland

Percentage of prison population with mental illness more than doubled since 2015.

May 23, 2018

Italy: challenges ahead

Report

Pre-trial detention Europe Foreign prisoners Health Overcrowding Activities Italy

The opportunity of a reform approval is now lost. Read Antigone’s full report.

April 25, 2018

Netherlands: the unique way the Dutch treat mentally ill prisoners

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Health Mental health Netherlands

In the Netherlands, criminals with mental illness are treated completely differently to many other countries. Melissa Hogenboom visits a Dutch prison to find out how.

April 21, 2018

UK: mental health facilities ‘seriously deficient’

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Health Mental health United Kingdom

Mental Health Reform says it is “deeply concerned” that some vulnerable people still live in “mini-institutions” where there is no respect for their privacy or dignity.

April 3, 2018

Story Of Earl Reinhardt

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North America Long-term prisoners Health Rehabilitation United States

Sarah Bones meets Earl, who has spent the past 50 of his 75 years behind bars.

March 31, 2018

USA: a 'hellish world', the mental health crisis overwhelming America's prisons

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Health Mental health United States

In America, jails and prisons have become the nation’s de facto mental healthcare providers – and the results are chilling

March 27, 2018

USA: Arizona prisons boss blames contractor for problems with inmate care

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Health United States

Arizona Corrections Director Charles Ryan took the witness stand at a hearing Tuesday and blamed a medical services contractor for the state’s failure to follow through on all its promises to improve inmate care.

March 22, 2018

UK: six prisoners kill themselves in less than two years at notorious jail amid "severe overcrowding", watchdog finds

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Health Overcrowding United Kingdom

Campaigners say “appalling” death toll in HMP Leeds a “direct result” of severe overcrowding as inspectors reveal 1,127 men are held against certified normal capacity of 669.

March 21, 2018

USA: a new lawsuit might finally help S.C. inmates with Hepatitis C get the treatment they need

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Health United States

A 2017 study by researchers from Emory University found that one in seven state inmates might be infected with Hepatitis C. The journal Health Affairs conducted a survey that found that less than one percent of infected inmates were treated in 2015, according to the 41 states that reported data.