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May 18, 2017

Reps decry death of 900 inmates across Nigerian prisons

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Africa Health Nigeria

The House of Representatives on Thursday expressed grave displeasure over the circumstances surrounding the death of 900 inmates across Nigerian prisons, due to inadequate medical personnel and facility.

May 15, 2017

Bangladesh: 63 jails have no doctors

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Asia Health Bangladesh

On the midnight of April 26, Jahir Uddin complained of severe chest pain at Dhaka Central Jail. The jail authorities decided to take him to DMCH since the hospital inside the jail does not have facilities to tackle any emergency situation.

May 11, 2017

Canada: number of prison workers suffering from PTSD much higher than official stats, union says

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North America Health Canada

Approximately 1 in 20 employees at federal penitentiaries have been diagnosed with stress injuries

May 10, 2017

Madagascar : tuberculose en prison, une menace silencieuse

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Africa Health Madagascar

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

April 24, 2017

United States: women inmates file second suit against state prison doctor

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North America Women Health United States

Three inmates who claim they were sexually abused by a physician at the state women’s prison have filed a federal lawsuit against the doctor and two other medical staffers.

April 19, 2017

Aspen nonprofit arranges meals for starving prison inmates in Haiti

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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

April 19, 2017

United States: prisons and jails are forcing inmates to pay a small fortune just to see a doctor

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North America Health United States

The fees are designed to discourage inmates from seeking care, which could have dangerous consequences.

March 31, 2017

France : "salles de shoot" en prison, le projet abandonné in extremis

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Europe Health Drugs France

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

March 23, 2017

Prison Insider's editorial — March 2017

South America Health Drugs

The Americas: drug trafficking routes and pathways to prison

March 14, 2017

Odon Vallet : "dans les prisons du Bénin, il doit y avoir des livres sur un islam ouvert, car le risque de radicalisation est réel"

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Africa Health Material conditions Benin

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

March 1, 2017

United Kingdom: prisoners with serious mental health problems face urgent treatment delays

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Health Mental health United Kingdom

Almost 75% of prisoners are facing delays in being transferred to NHS hospitals to receive urgent treatment for serious mental health problems.

February 22, 2017

Guyana gets funds to help reduce prison overcrowding, boost agriculture, improve business environment, improve health

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Health Overcrowding Guyana

Guyana has tapped into a US$8 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to help reduce prison overcrowding and speed up the delivery of justice, the Finance Ministry said in a statement.

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

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

January 24, 2017

Britain’s prison suicide crisis: ‘There’s no political will. Dead prisoners do not win votes’

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Health Suicide United Kingdom

Almost 10 prisoners a month kill themselves in UK jails, with much of the blame placed on neglect and costcutting. That is what led to the death of Dean Saunders, according to his family – and a jury has agreed.

January 23, 2017

Prison La Santé

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Culture Health

January 20, 2017

France : du monde aux consultations psy

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Europe Health France

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

January 17, 2017

Argentina: La Cárcel como Depósito

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South America Health Argentina

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January 17, 2017

Zimbabwe: typhoid outbreak spreads to Harare prisons

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Africa Health Zimbabwe

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January 16, 2017

RDC : Kinshasa, pénurie d’eau à la prison de Makala

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Africa Health Congo - Kinshasa

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December 15, 2016

USA : more prisoners die of old age behind bars

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Health United States

As the number of older prisoners soars, more inmates are dying in prison of diseases that afflict the elderly, new data from the Department of Justice show. A total of 3,483 inmates died in state prisons and 444 in federal prisons in 2014, the highest numbers on record since the bureau started coun…

November 12, 2016

USA : where even nightmares are classified, psychiatric care at Guantánamo

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Health Mental health Violence United States

Secrecy, mistrust and the shadow of interrogation at the American prison limited doctors’ ability to treat mental illness among detainees. Dr. Rosecrans, now retired from the Navy, led one of the mental health teams assigned to care for detainees at the island prison over the past 15 years. Some pr…

October 24, 2016

Israel and Palestinian occupied territories : four hunger strikers face deterioration in their health as they continue strike for freedom

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Middle East Health Israel

Four Palestinian prisoners continue on hunger strike to demand their freedom from administrative detention, imprisonment without charge or trial, with two strikers reaching the 30-day mark without food and facing serious deterioration to their health.

October 14, 2016

UK : the hidden mental health crisis in women’s prisons

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Women Health Mental health United Kingdom

From self-harming in groups to starvation and self-immolation, women are overwhelmingly more likely than men to hurt themselves while incarcerated. So why isn’t the prison system responding? Maria, 29, is a disability rights activist who uses a wheelchair. She also has borderline personality disord…

September 20, 2016

Prisons

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Europe Justice Health Violence Belgium

Being deprived of freedom causes extreme distress. The images by Sebastien van Malleghem denounce the archaic and opaque walls which enclose these men and women and their broken lives.