Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

March 17, 2021

Polonia: la absolución de las mujeres del halo arcoíris pone en evidencia tácticas de intimidación contra activistas

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Pre-trial detention Women Europe LGBTQI Access to legal rights Poland

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February 24, 2021

India: misgendering, sexual violence, what it is to be a transgender in a prison

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Asia LGBTQI Violence India

The Wire’s Sukanya finds how the transgender community faced physical and sexual violence in Indian prisons, and their complaints overlooked by the authorities.

February 12, 2021

Chile: interno de cárcel de La Serena se suicida tras acosos de gendarmes por su orientación sexual

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South America LGBTQI Access to legal rights Torture Violence Chile

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February 12, 2021

Chile: siguen los abusos en gendarmería, ahora torturan a interna trans en cárcel de Arica

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South America LGBTQI Access to legal rights Torture Violence Chile

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February 12, 2021

Salvador: inside a prison cell for gay former gang members

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Culture Central America and the Caribbean LGBTQI Drugs Violence Religion El Salvador

“It was completely unheard of“. “Because in the gangs, if there’s even the suspicion that you’re gay, you pay for it with your life.”

February 3, 2021

Chile: cárcel y mujeres, la urgencia de pensar un sistema penitenciario con enfoque de género

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South America Women LGBTQI Access to legal rights Social ties Chile

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February 3, 2021

Chile: “que puedan manifestar el género asumido” y reclusión segmentada, el nuevo protocolo de gendarmería para internos trans

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South America LGBTQI Access to legal rights Justice Chile

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December 22, 2020

United States: trans inmate wins federal case to get gender affirming surgery

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North America Women LGBTQI Access to legal rights Justice United States

A U.S. District Court judge has ruled that a prison would violate an inmate’s constitutional rights by denying her from having gender-affirming surgery, and has ordered correction officials to allow for the inmate to make such arrangements.

September 15, 2020

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

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

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July 6, 2020

Colombia: 285 casos de discriminación a población LGBTI en prisión en 2019

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America South America LGBTQI Violence Colombia

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June 17, 2020

UK: trans and in prison during a pandemic, a rare glimpse behind bars

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Coronavirus Europe LGBTQI United Kingdom

Overcrowded, confined spaces are a nightmare for the spread of coronavirus. This makes prisons a potential hotspot for the disease. Despite this, most researchers who study prisons have been locked out of them at this crucial time. In the UK, the prison and probation service has halted primary rese…

June 12, 2020

Latin America: una masacre anunciada

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Coronavirus Central America and the Caribbean South America LGBTQI

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May 20, 2020

Argentina: ¿para qué está la cárcel?

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Coronavirus South America Women LGBTQI Material conditions Overcrowding Argentina

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May 5, 2020

Türkiye: a life in isolation

Interview

Europe LGBTQI Access to legal rights Material conditions Facilities Turkey

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) prisoners represent a minority. Their protection is not ensured at all levels and their specific needs are neglected. Hilal Basak Demirbas works at the Society in the Penal System association. She regularly exchanges letters with LGBTI prison…

December 18, 2019

Russia: transgender woman in Russia faces hard time in men's prison

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Asia Europe LGBTQI Russia

Michelle had no idea that the erotic anime images she posted on social media years ago could land her in an all-male prison and endanger her life.

December 11, 2019

USA: transgender inmate ruling could change prison policy

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America North America LGBTQI United States

Nevada must comply with a recent federal appeals court ruling requiring that inmates receive state-funded gender confirmation surgery.

December 10, 2019

USA: trans felons want lifetime ban on name change removed

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America North America LGBTQI United States

A group of transgender plaintiffs sued the state of Illinois for the right to change their legal name despite past felony convictions.

November 29, 2019

Latvia: last inmates transferred from Brasa prison prior to closure

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Europe LGBTQI Latvia

This week the last inmates were transferred from the to-be-liquidated Brasa prison to other correctional facilities, while the Brasa prison will be closed down as of April 1, Latvian Prison Administration rep Aija Fedorova told the press.

November 16, 2019

Spain: los presos trans podrán trasladarse de cárcel según su sexo sentido

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Europe LGBTQI Spain

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November 6, 2019

Chile: "contra las mujeres y las personas LGBTIQ existe una violencia específica"

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America South America LGBTQI Violence Chile

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September 23, 2019

South Africa: transgender inmate wins right to express her gender in male prison

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LGBTQI South Africa

The Equality Court sitting in the Western Cape ordered that the Department of Correctional Services had to respect September’s wishes to be treated as a woman.

September 2, 2019

USA: trans woman kept in men’s prison for a year says she was harassed and beaten

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LGBTQI United States

A trans woman has said that the state of New Jersey knowingly kept her in men’s prisons for more than a year, where she says she was sexually harassed and beaten.

August 22, 2019

“I am a woman, do not lock me up with men!”

Testimonial

Women LGBTQI Morocco

Sama was incarcerated in Boulmharez, Morocco. She tells her story.

August 21, 2019

Protecting LGBTI people deprived of their freedom: a fundamental duty

Interview

LGBTQI

The Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT), headquartered in Geneva, has been working for forty years to prevent abuse in prison, especially by strengthening the monitoring bodies in places of deprivation of liberty. It is publishing a monitoring guide for the protection of LGBTI persons i…