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America
South America
Violence
Venezuela
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Europe
Death penalty
Violence
Turkey
Thousands of people were arrested after failed coup in July. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the government will soon submit a bill to Parliament to reinstate the death penalty amid calls for the execution of the plotters of a failed coup in July.
Addressing crowds in Ankara on Saturday…
America
South America
Violence
Brazil
A third prison riot since Sunday night in Brazil has led to a mass escape of inmates.
Fifty-five prisoners in Sao Paulo’s Franco da Rocha psychiatric ward escaped after starting a fire which burned down a wing of the prison. Despite a huge manhunt in the city’s suburb involving helicopters police w…
America
South America
Violence
Brazil
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America
South America
Violence
Brazil
At least 25 inmates have been killed in clashes between two rival factions in an overcrowded prison in northern Brazil, local media report.
Seven of the dead were beheaded and six others burned to death, a police official reportedly said.
The incident in Boa Vista, the capital of Roraima state, hap…
America
South America
Violence
Venezuela
The prison riots reportedly began when eight visitors and two guards were taken hostage over extreme overcrowding in the jail.
A father has claimed his 25-year-old son was brutally murdered and eaten by inmates during a month-long riot at a Venezuelan prison.
America
South America
Violence
Venezuela
“En los medios de comunicación social dicen que nosotros somos los que nos llevamos los fusiles y granadas del cuartel, pero si se rompió la seguridad de ellos, eso no es nuestra responsabilidad. A nosotros no nos interesan esas armas”, indicó uno de los líderes de los privados de libertad en la Pe…
Europe
Overcrowding
Violence
France
Une mutinerie de quelques heures s’est déroulée à la prison de Valence, dans la Drôme, en fin d’après-midi dimanche 25 septembre. Le scénario est très voisin de ce qui s’est passé deux semaines plus tôt à Vivonne, près de Poitiers (Vienne).
Les faits ont débuté un peu avant 19 heures au sein du qua…
Africa
Protest
Violence
Senegal
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Europe
Discipline
Violence
France
Il est un peu plus de 20h30, mercredi 14 septembre, dans le bâtiment D3 de la prison de Fleury-Mérogis (Essonne). Une équipe du personnel pénitentiaire débarque à l’improviste dans plusieurs cellules de l’une des deux unités dédiées de la maison d’arrêt, qui accueille une quinzaine de détenus radic…
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