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United States: prison labor is on the frontlines of the covid-19 pandemic

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Coronavirus North America Access to legal rights Health Material conditions Rehabilitation Work United States
As record-shattering wildfires rage throughout California, the state’s incarcerated population is doing the backbreaking work at the front lines. They plow fire lines and battle blazes, for $1 an hour, plus reduced prison time—a program that saves the state tens of millions of dollars annually. While…

Source — The Appeal

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United States: conditions at South Carolina juvenile facility unconstitutional

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North America Minors Access to legal rights Justice Mental health Material conditions Violence United States
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued notice on February 5, 2020 that it has found the “totality of the conditions, practices, and incidents” it discovered at Broad River Road Complex (BRRC), South Carolina’s long-term juvenile commitment facility, violated the juveniles’ Fourteenth Amendment rights. After…

Source — Prison legal news

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Venezuela: el ministerio penitenciario ortogó 80 libertades con régimen de confianza en Guárico

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South America Access to legal rights Justice Material conditions Overcrowding Venezuela

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Venezuela: los "pures" caen presos mientras intentan sobrevivirI

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South America Elderly prisoners Access to legal rights Health Material conditions Social ties Venezuela

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France: conditions de détention en prison

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Europe Access to legal rights Justice Material conditions Overcrowding France

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Chile: ordenan mejoras en la cárcel de Valdivia

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South America Health Material conditions Overcrowding Chile

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France: la galère des familles de détenus après la suppression d’un arrêt de bus desservant la prison de Fleury-Mérogis

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Women Foreign prisoners Europe Material conditions Social ties France

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United Kingdom: the disgraceful prisons expose ministers' refusal to learn from mistakes

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Europe Access to legal rights Justice Material conditions Overcrowding United Kingdom
The slow-motion collapse of England and Wales’ prison system is a textbook example of the government’s repeated public service failures in the age of austerity. The mismanagement of the prison estate, exposed in a scathing report from the Commons public accounts committee, is a carbon copy of ministers’…

Source — The Guardian

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Australia: prisoner advocates call for abolition of 'discriminatory' voting restrictions as inmates prepare to cast vote in state election for the first time

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Coronavirus Pre-trial detention Access to legal rights Oceania Health Material conditions Overcrowding Rehabilitation Australia
Prior to the legislative changes that came into effect in January, Queensland had the most restrictive prisoner voting laws in the country, with inmates barred from participating in state or local government elections. Now, prisoners serving sentences of less than three years will be given the power…

Source — ABC

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Lebanon: the largest prison grapples with alarming covid-19 outbreak

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Coronavirus Middle East Health Material conditions Overcrowding Lebanon
Lebanon’s largest prison on Thursday was grappling with an alarming coronavirus outbreak, as many inmates refused to take preventative measures or get tested under the impression that catching the virus could speed up their release as part of a rumored general amnesty, the head of the country’s doctors…

Source — Daily Sabah

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Liban: plus de 200 cas de covid-19 dans la principale prison du pays

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Coronavirus Middle East Health Material conditions Overcrowding Lebanon

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Nicaragua: mujeres trans hablan desde las prisiones durante la COVID-19

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Central America and the Caribbean Women LGBTI Access to legal rights Justice Health Material conditions Nicaragua

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México: las otras pandemias en las cárceles

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Coronavirus Central America and the Caribbean Health Mental health Material conditions Overcrowding Mexico

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France: punaises de lit, moisissures, surpopulation, le calvaire à la prison de Perpignan

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Coronavirus Europe Health Material conditions France

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Mexico: La fallida construcción de la infraestructura penitenciaria como negocio

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Central America and the Caribbean Material conditions Overcrowding Mexico

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