Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

July 13, 2016

Mexique : 10 détenus s'échappent de la prison de Cancun

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America Drugs Mexico

Les prisons mexicaines sont surpeuplées, gangrénées par la violence et souvent contrôlées par des gangs. Selon un rapport officiel, 71 prisons à travers le pays sont en réalité dirigées par des gangs.

July 11, 2016

Guatemala : El Internet en el Preventivo de la zona 18: un negocio lucrativo

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America Central America and the Caribbean Guatemala

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July 10, 2016

Pérou : l'une des prisons les plus hautes du monde inaugurée à 4.100m d'altitude

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America South America Peru

Une prison construite à 4 100 mètres d’altitude, où les températures peuvent descendre l’hiver jusqu’à -14 degrés. Le Pérou a ouvert samedi l’un des établissements pénitentiaires les plus hauts du monde près de Cochamarca, un village de 1 500 habitants situé à environ 200 km au nord de Lima.

June 28, 2016

Mexico : torture and sexual abuses on women detainees

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America Torture Violence Mexico

Amnesty International has published a chilling dispatch dated 28 June 2016. One hundred female detainees, interrogated by the NGO, have reported being subjected to torture, sexual abuse or other acts of aggression by police officers eager to obtain confessions in order to inflate the numbers of the…

June 17, 2016

Argentina : el lado más oscuro de las cárceles

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America South America Argentina

La Nación accedió en exclusiva a las imágenes de los relevamientos realizados por la Procuraduría de Violencia Institucional (Procuvin) en diferentes prisiones; cuáles fueron las principales violaciones a los Derechos Humanos detectadas

June 1, 2016

Colombia : Cárcel la Tramacúa de Valledupar, al borde del cierre

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America South America Colombia

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May 31, 2016

Haïti : à la prison civile de Jacmel comme au bout de l’enfer

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America Central America and the Caribbean Health Overcrowding Haiti

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May 31, 2016

Colombia : Ni agua para los presos de la cárcel de Valledupar

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America South America Colombia

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May 14, 2016

Argentina : inmates live with rats, bats and garbage in jails

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America South America Argentina

“The nation’s prisons will be healthy and clean, since they are for security purposes and not to punish the convicts held in them”, the Argentine constitution says, but the fact is that inmates in those jails share their cells with rats, cockroaches and, according to some complaints, even bats.

May 5, 2016

Canada: I tried to turn my life around in prison but the government made it hard to do

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America North America Canada

Just as I was getting my life together behind bars the Canadian government decided to get ‘tough on crime.’

May 4, 2016

Colombia : Procuraduría evidenció crisis humanitaria en cárceles de Santander

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America South America Colombia

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April 13, 2016

Panama : inside Panama's La Joya prison

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America Central America and the Caribbean Panama

As Panama reels from outrage at legal loopholes that help the world’s wealthy hide their cash, inmates at the capital’s La Joya prison are paying a heavy price for flaws elsewhere in the Central American nation’s justice system.

April 4, 2016

Haïti : 4 096 détenus provisoires dans la promiscuité en attente d’être jugés

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America Central America and the Caribbean Pre-trial detention Overcrowding Haiti

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March 23, 2016

Honduras: cárceles ponen en riesgo a presos y generan violencia pandillera

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America Central America and the Caribbean Violence Honduras

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March 20, 2016

Venezuela : toma de rehenes en una cárcel deja 4 personas fallecidas

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America South America Venezuela

Los presos del centro penitenciario Fenix, en Venezuela, tomaron como rehenes a 18 miembros del personal penitenciario durante 4 días, para protestar contra las graves violaciones de derechos humanos que tienen que soportar. Cuatro personas fallecieron y 18 fueron heridas.

January 29, 2016

Haiti: inauguration of the new civil prison for women in Cabaret

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America Central America and the Caribbean Women Haiti

Thursday, January 28, Ambassador of the United States in Haiti, Peter F. Mulrean, along with several civil, political, religious and local and of the Minustah, proceeded to the inauguration of the new civilian women’s prison located in Cabaret near Ti Tanyenclose to the road leading to Saut d’Eau o…

December 31, 2015

Guatemala : Situación de los derechos humanos en Guatemala: Diversidad, desigualdad y exclusión

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America Central America and the Caribbean Guatemala

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December 29, 2015

Haïti : pénitencier national au-dedans de l’enfer

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America Central America and the Caribbean Overcrowding Haiti

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December 1, 2015

Guatemala : Un motín en una prisión deja 16 muertos en Guatemala

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America Central America and the Caribbean Violence Guatemala

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October 28, 2015

Panama: the 'Guantanamo Bay of Panama' prison raises human rights concerns

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America Central America and the Caribbean Panama

The remote island prison dubbed the Guantanamo Bay of Panama houses the country’s most dangerous prisoners, but concerns are mounting over harsh conditions and human rights violations occurring behind the prison’s impregnable walls.

July 18, 2015

Argentina : prisoners gain new focus through pinhole photography

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America South America Argentina

“People think prison is like a horror film,” says Celeste Moyano, sitting in the library of the Unidad 31 women’s penitentiary outside Buenos Aires. She participates in a photography workshops facilitated by YoNoFui, a social organisation that runs support and education schemes for women both in an…

July 10, 2015

Colombia : Colombia Raids 'Luxury' Prison Wing

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America South America Colombia

Colombia’s prison authorities have moved to “retake” a section of the country’s most notorious prison, after reports emerged of the luxury lifestyles of the wealthy inmates living there. Colombia’s National Penitentiary and Prison Institute (INPEC) raided what is popularly known as the “parapolitic…

March 20, 2015

Honduras : más cárceles y militarización no solucionan crisis en sistema penitenciario, según analistas

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America Central America and the Caribbean Honduras

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October 24, 2014

Colombia : La peor crisis carcelaria en la historia

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America South America Colombia

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