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August 5, 2018

Deteriorating health of detainees in Turkish prisons highlighted in human rights report

News

Health Turkey

According to data provided by Turkey’s Human Rights Association (İHD), there are at least 1,154 ailing inmates, 402 of whom have serious ailments, in Turkish prisons, Deutsche Welle (DW) Turkish service reported on Saturday.

July 31, 2018

Chile: overcrowded cells with no water and ill treatment

Analysis Report

America South America Health Overcrowding Chile

Many prisons do not have running access to drinking water 24h/day, a dramatic situation in Chili.

July 17, 2018

USA: Portland prisoners' Spice use 'risks health of officers

News

Health United States

Prison officers claim their health is being put at risk by inmates using psychoactive substances.

July 12, 2018

Venezuela : malnutrition and tuberculosis

Analysis Report

America South America Health

VPO published its 2017 Annual Report, which documented the collapse of the prison system.

June 25, 2018

Estados Unidos: esto es una cárcel, no un hospital

News

Health United States

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.

May 23, 2018

Ireland: prisons unable to meet rising population’s need for mental healthcare

News

Health Mental health Ireland

Percentage of prison population with mental illness more than doubled since 2015.

May 23, 2018

Italy: challenges ahead

Report

Pre-trial detention Europe Foreign prisoners Health Overcrowding Activities Italy

The opportunity of a reform approval is now lost. Read Antigone’s full report.

April 25, 2018

Netherlands: the unique way the Dutch treat mentally ill prisoners

News

Health Mental health Netherlands

In the Netherlands, criminals with mental illness are treated completely differently to many other countries. Melissa Hogenboom visits a Dutch prison to find out how.

April 21, 2018

UK: mental health facilities ‘seriously deficient’

News

Health Mental health United Kingdom

Mental Health Reform says it is “deeply concerned” that some vulnerable people still live in “mini-institutions” where there is no respect for their privacy or dignity.

April 3, 2018

Story Of Earl Reinhardt

Portfolio

America North America Long-term prisoners Health Rehabilitation United States

Sarah Bones meets Earl, who has spent the past 50 of his 75 years behind bars.

March 31, 2018

USA: a 'hellish world', the mental health crisis overwhelming America's prisons

News

Health Mental health United States

In America, jails and prisons have become the nation’s de facto mental healthcare providers – and the results are chilling

March 27, 2018

USA: Arizona prisons boss blames contractor for problems with inmate care

News

Health United States

Arizona Corrections Director Charles Ryan took the witness stand at a hearing Tuesday and blamed a medical services contractor for the state’s failure to follow through on all its promises to improve inmate care.

March 22, 2018

UK: six prisoners kill themselves in less than two years at notorious jail amid "severe overcrowding", watchdog finds

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Health Overcrowding United Kingdom

Campaigners say “appalling” death toll in HMP Leeds a “direct result” of severe overcrowding as inspectors reveal 1,127 men are held against certified normal capacity of 669.

March 21, 2018

USA: a new lawsuit might finally help S.C. inmates with Hepatitis C get the treatment they need

News

Health United States

A 2017 study by researchers from Emory University found that one in seven state inmates might be infected with Hepatitis C. The journal Health Affairs conducted a survey that found that less than one percent of infected inmates were treated in 2015, according to the 41 states that reported data.

March 20, 2018

Welcome to LTP

Portfolio

Europe Health Mental health Drugs Material conditions Belarus

In Belarus, people are locked up to wean them off alcohol. These are strange places where time seems to have stopped after the fall of Soviet Union.

March 13, 2018

The Franklin Masacre Survivors

Portfolio

America South America Health Protest Violence Venezuela

Carlos Hernandez photographed the men who survived Franklin Masacre’s reign over the General Penitentiary of Venezuela.

February 28, 2018

France : des "conditions indignes" au CHU de Saint-Étienne

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Europe Health France

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

February 5, 2018

Maroc : près de 150 médecins de prison s’initient aux bonnes pratiques internationales en matière de conditions de détention

News

Africa Health Morocco

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

February 1, 2018

USA: "Bio Warfare" - How prisons help the spread of hepatitis C behind bars

News

Health United States

Anarchist prisoner Noah “Kado” Coffin offers some observations about the conditions that allow the spread of Hepatitis C behind bars, and the Texas prison system’s indifference to the disease.

January 10, 2018

Saharawi prisoners: from bad to worse

Report

Health Protest Torture Morocco

Saharawi political prisoners are victims of gross human rights violations perpetrated by Moroccan police and prison officials. Both national and international organizations point this out on regular basis

December 27, 2017

Prison food is making U.S. inmates disproportionately sick

News

Health Material conditions United States

Lapses in food safety have made U.S. prisoners six times more likely to get a foodborne illness than the general population.

December 26, 2017

USA: Idaho inmate says he had to swallow razor blade to get proper medical care in prison

News

Health United States

A man whose leg got so infected that it required amputation is suing Idaho’s prison health care contractor, Corizon Health, for alleged failure to provide medical care. Gary L. Merchant, 65, says in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that it wasn’t until he swallowed a razor blade that the prison’s medical st…

December 21, 2017

France : prolongation de la détention provisoire - recours à la visioconférence et santé du détenu

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Pre-trial detention Europe Health France

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

December 13, 2017

France : la prison de la Santé sera surpeuplée dès sa réouverture en juin

News

Europe Health Overcrowding France

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.