September 2017
South America
Torture
Argentina
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version
Source — mdz
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United States
They elect local judges in Craighead County, Arkansas, and two men decided two years ago to run for the bench there with a clear mission statement: if elected they would rein in a private probation company called The Justice Network and the local judge and prosecutor they said had countenanced its…
Source — The Marshall Project
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Central America and the Caribbean
Mexico
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Source — El Universal
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South America
Argentina
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.
Source — La Capital
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United States
Hurricanes Harvey and Irma have prompted mass evacuations in Texas and Florida. But many Americans have been unable to flee, including huge numbers of prison inmates. The two states together are home to a quarter million incarcerated people. Texas has the largest prison population in the country, a…
Source — The New Yorker
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United States
Natural disasters don’t stop at prison doors. Since August 27 , Hurricane Harvey has affected the Houston region (Texas, USA). Torrential rain has struck within a radius of 320 kilometers. Nearly 6,000 prisoners from five penal institutions have been evacuated due to the threatening flood of Brazos…
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Europe
Ukraine
The prosecutor’s office informed, on the 17th of August, that a detainee had killed and dismembered an inspector from the State Prison Service at the Odessa Pre-trial Detention Center (SIZO) No. 21. The murder occurred in the SIZO economic block where the prisoner was working.
Source — Ukraine Without Torture
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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.
Source — IRIN
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Africa
Côte d’Ivoire
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — RFI
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