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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.
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Central America and the Caribbean
Panama
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Central America and the Caribbean
Guatemala
A prison riot in Guatemala highlights a broken system that continues to suffer from overcrowding, rising violence and a lack of organizational leadership – all of which likely exacerbates the nation’s gang problems.
The riot occurred on October 6 at the high-security Boquerón prison in the Santa Ro…
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Women
Canada
Préoccupé par la cohabitation de détenus des deux sexes à la prison Leclerc, le ministre de la Sécurité publique, Martin Coiteux, conclut qu’il faut construire un nouveau centre de détention pour femmes dans la région de Montréal.
Dans une entrevue accordée au Devoir, le ministre Coiteux a révélé q…
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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…
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Central America and the Caribbean
Panama
On an islet of the Pacific there is a maximum security prison that has become the focus of an intense controversy in the country due to the alleged violation of human rights of their prisoners. Even the IACHR has played a leading role with the issuance of a precautionary measure in favor of six pri…
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Central America and the Caribbean
Mexico
Mexico’s New Penal Justice System or Nuevo Sistema de Justicia Penal (NSJP), an ambitious judicial reform originally passed in 2008, came into effect in June 2016. The most widely reported aspects of the NSJP are the oral proceedings and the adoption of a process similar to the one used in the Unit…
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Central America and the Caribbean
Honduras
Desayunar a las 8:00 de la mañana, encerrados en una celda conformada con pequeñas y asfixiantes paredes y sin recibir los rayos del sol son unos de los tantos cambios sufridos por los reos de mayor peligrosidad que fueron trasladados el pasado lunes a la cárcel de máxima seguridad en el departamen…
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Central America and the Caribbean
Costa Rica
Casi 15 años después de la crítica del Comité contra la Tortura de Naciones Unidas, Costa Rica ha decidido clausurar de manera definitiva los 44 espacios carcelarios conocidos como Las Tumbas, en mitad de la mayor cárcel de Costa Rica, llamada La Reforma. La medida es el más reciente de los pasos d…
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South America
Violence
Uruguay
Treinta y un presos fueron asesinados en lo que va de 2016 en las cárceles uruguayas, y más de 70 resultaron con heridas de entidad por armas blancas y quemaduras de colchones de polifón.
En los últimos cuatro días, fueron ultimadas tres personas, dos resultaron con heridas y quemaduras graves y ot…
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South America
Drugs
Argentina
The number of prison inmates in Argentina convicted for drug offenses has more than doubled in a decade, a red flag for the country’s growing role in the drug trade and the risk of future prison overcrowding.
The prison population sentenced on the basis of Law 23.737, Argentina’s anti-drug legislat…
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Central America and the Caribbean
Haiti
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Central America and the Caribbean
Guatemala
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North America
Justice
Violence
Canada
Une étude préparée par le Bureau de l’enquêteur correctionnel affirme que le Service correctionnel du Canada (SCC) censure régulièrement les possibles erreurs ou lacunes documentées dans les rapports d’enquête envoyés aux proches de prisonniers décédés dans un centre de détention fédéral.
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Central America and the Caribbean
Panama
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Central America and the Caribbean
Guatemala
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Central America and the Caribbean
Protest
Violence
Guatemala
Une mutinerie a fait 13 morts et 10 blessés lundi dans une prison proche de la capitale du Guatemala, a annoncé le ministre de l’Intérieur Francisco Rivas.