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And yet most of us know very little about prisons. In fact, gaining entry or even insight into prisons as an outsider is quite rare. In Canada, only parliamentarians and judges cannot be denied access to federal prisons.
If the measure of civil society is based on how it treats its most vulnerable members,…
Source — The Conversation
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Haïti: un rapport évoque la complicité et le manque de gardiens dans l’évasion sanglante de février
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Haiti
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Managing uncertainty in prison: diverse responses to COVID-19
Analysis
Comparative study
Africa
Coronavirus
Central America and the Caribbean
South America
Asia
Europe
Material conditions
Social ties
As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?
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Argentina: managing uncertainty
Analysis
Comparative study
Coronavirus
South America
Material conditions
Activities
Social ties
Argentina
As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the Argentinian authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?
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Chile : Managing uncertainty
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South America
Health
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Protest
Activities
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Work
Chile
As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the Chilean authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?
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France: managing uncertainty
Analysis
Comparative study
Coronavirus
Europe
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Protest
Activities
Social ties
France
As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the French authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?
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New Zealand: managing uncertainty
Analysis
Comparative study
Coronavirus
Oceania
Material conditions
Activities
Social ties
Work
New Zealand
As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the New Zealand authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?
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Costa Rica: managing uncertainty
Analysis
Comparative study
Coronavirus
South America
Material conditions
Activities
Social ties
Costa Rica
As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the Costa Rican authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?
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Spain: managing uncertainty
Analysis
Comparative study
Coronavirus
Europe
Health
Material conditions
Protest
Activities
Social ties
Spain
As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the Spanish authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?
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Thailand: managing uncertainty
Analysis
Comparative study
Coronavirus
Asia
Health
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Activities
Social ties
Work
Thailand
As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the Thai authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?
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South Africa: managing uncertainty
Analysis
Comparative study
Africa
Coronavirus
Health
Material conditions
Protest
Overcrowding
Activities
Social ties
South Africa
As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the South African authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?
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Brazil: managing uncertainty
Analysis
Comparative study
Coronavirus
South America
Material conditions
Activities
Social ties
Brazil
As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the Brazilian authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?
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Ireland: managing uncertainty
Analysis
Comparative study
Coronavirus
Europe
Material conditions
Activities
Social ties
Ireland
As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the Irish authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?
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Norway: managing uncertainty
Analysis
Comparative study
Coronavirus
Europe
Health
Material conditions
Activities
Social ties
Norway
As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the Norwegian authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?
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Africa
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South Africa
Violence has deep roots in South Africa, going back to colonial conquest and the apartheid state, which ruled by the gun and the whip. Its citizens continue to live in fear of violent crime at home and on the streets. Which is why the perpetrators of crime in the country — and particularly those who…
Source — Global Investigative Journalism Network
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Venezuela: familiares de presos de Polimiranda deben llevar agua a diario para aseo y consumo
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Venezuela
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Rusia: las cárceles de Moscú, colmadas de seguidores de Navalny
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Russia
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UK: different sides of a shared story
Interview
Coronavirus
Europe
Mental health
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Social ties
United Kingdom
As the pandemic hit the UK, researchers were banned from entering prisons. The Prison Reform Trust remotely mobilised about 800 prisoners to share how the measures were affecting them. Prison Insider asked them three questions.
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Women
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New Zealand
Corrections broke its own rules and regulations multiple times in its treatment of Mihi Bassett and Karma Cripps, who were gassed in their cells and forced to perform a humiliating ritual to be fed, Manukau District Court Judge David McNaughton says.
His ruling also confirms the women had to remove…
Source — Rnz
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Europe
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Switzerland
Georges was incarcerated for 12 months in the prison of Fribourg while awaiting sentencing. He recounts how a day in prison unfolds.
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Ireland: social distress in prison
Interview
Europe
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Ireland
After a significant reform in Irish prisons, the CPT remains concerned about the conditions of detention in segregation cells and for mentally ill prisoners. A member of the monitoring body told us what she observed.
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Asia
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Russia
In recent weeks, the Russian authorities arrested thousands of demonstrators at protests across the country, sentencing hundreds to several days or weeks in jail. For many of these people, behind bars for the first time in their lives, state custody was a uniquely upsetting experience — particularly…
Source — Meduza
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Russia
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish
Asia
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Russia
The number of convicts held in correctional system facilities has decreased in Russia up to 482,000 people by the beginning of 2021, the Supreme Court’s head Vyacheslav Lebedev announced Tuesday.
According to the highest instance’s Chairman, the number of detainees continues to decline. Last year, such…
Source — RAPSI
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