May 2018
Europe
Facilities
France
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — OIP-section française
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South America
Uruguay
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.
Source — Montevideo
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Asia
Overcrowding
India
There are several prisons where the overcrowding is well beyond 100% and in some cases it exceeds 150%.
Source — The Hindu
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Africa
Facilities
Overcrowding
Morocco
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — Le 360
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Material conditions
United States
“I never dreamt we’d get the Pack Unit air-conditioned,” the federal judge said at a Houston hearing.
Source — The Texas tribune
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Culture
United States
As part of its mission to bear witness to the lessons of history and to remember victims of persecution, Music of Remembrance has commissioned a new musical work about the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II by Seattle composer Christophe Chagnard.
Source — Seattle Times
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Central America and the Caribbean
Mexico
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.
Source — Newsweek
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Europe
Mental health
Violence
Bulgaria
The Committee Against Torture of the Council of Europe presented a report on Bulgaria, which reported a slight improvement in the conditions in the places where convictions are served in Bulgaria.
Source — Novinite
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Europe
Torture
France
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — L'Ardennais
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Mental health
Ireland
Court of Appeal acknowledged ‘potentially chaotic and catastrophic consequences’ of its finding.
Source — The Irish Times
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New Zealand
A new report into conditions at Waikeria Prison has found several faults - including long lock-up times, understaffing and a lack of a fence.
Each individual unit at the prison is fenced, but the overall site is not - which the report by the Office of the Inspectorate says makes security at the pri…
Source — Newshub
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Torture
Uganda
Four inmates at Kyabisenge- Kakumiro prison have been admitted to Kakumiro health center Four with serious health conditions.
There are allegations that the four were tortured by prison officers.
This comes on the heels of a story aired on NTV at the weekend where another inmate accused the prison…
Source — NTV
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