America
Chile : Managing uncertainty
Analysis
Coronavirus
America
South America
Health
Material conditions
Protest
Activities
Social ties
Work
Chile
As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the Chilean authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?
Costa Rica: managing uncertainty
Analysis
Coronavirus
America
Central America and the Caribbean
Material conditions
Activities
Social ties
Costa Rica
As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the Costa Rican authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?
Brazil: managing uncertainty
Analysis
Coronavirus
America
South America
Material conditions
Activities
Social ties
Brazil
As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the Brazilian authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?
Coronavirus
America
Pre-trial detention
South America
Women
Material conditions
Social ties
Brazil
What the numbers reveal about incarcerated mothers and pregnant women.
Colombia: repair, educate, reconcile
Interview
America
Activities
Alternatives
Rehabilitation
Colombia
The prison population in Latin America continues to grow. Is restorative justice a viable alternative to redress this situation?
Coronavirus
America
North America
Central America and the Caribbean
South America
Health
Material conditions
Protest
The Covid-19 has not stopped at prison gates. What measures are taken to guarantee the safety of all prisoners and prison staff? What are the consequences of the pandemic on the living conditions in prisons? — Update 31/12/2021
Space — 12/12
Inside Outside
America
North America
South America
Women
Asia
Europe
Long-term prisoners
Each month, the photographer Bertrand Gaudillère creates an image or chooses one from his archives. Prison Insider sends it to a dozen participants, prisoners around the world.They are in Argentina, in the United States of America, in France, in Switzerland, in Guatemala, in Ukraine, in Colombia, i…
Coronavirus
America
Access to legal rights
Health
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Social ties
Mexico
In Mexico, the aftermath of the war on drugs ripples through every aspect of the present, including Covid-19. As for the victims of state violence, it is their families who are left to clean up the mess.
Smell — 11/12
Inside Outside
America
North America
South America
Women
Asia
Europe
Long-term prisoners
Each month, the photographer Bertrand Gaudillère creates an image or chooses one from his archives. Prison Insider sends it to a dozen participants, prisoners around the world.They are in Argentina, in the United States of America, in France, in Switzerland, in Guatemala, in Ukraine, in Colombia, i…
Taste — 10/12
Inside Outside
America
North America
South America
Women
Asia
Europe
Long-term prisoners
Each month, the photographer Bertrand Gaudillère creates an image or chooses one from his archives. Prison Insider sends it to a dozen participants, prisoners around the world.They are in Argentina, in the United States of America, in France, in Switzerland, in Guatemala, in Ukraine, in Colombia, i…
Argentina: not crazy or dead
Interview
America
South America
Access to legal rights
Justice
Material conditions
Torture
Argentina
The treatment meted out to political prisoners during the military dictatorship sought to completely destroy them. Sergio Ferrari was one of these prisoners. We spoke with him.
Coronavirus
America
South America
Material conditions
Protest
Torture
Argentina
The country has the third largest prison population on the South American continent.
Mapping the 'Blind Spots'
Interview
Africa
America
North America
Women
Asia
Death penalty
What are maps for? How are they produced?
Brazil: drugs, walls and being a woman
Interview
America
Women
Access to legal rights
Drugs
Brazil
Ranked as the world’s third-highest prison population, its number of imprisoned women is rising increasingly.
Coronavirus
America
North America
Justice
United States
State and federal head counts have dropped 8%, largely because prisons are not accepting new inmates and many courts are closed.
Colombia: Miles de visitas virtuales en cárceles por COVID
News
Coronavirus
America
South America
Health
Overcrowding
Social ties
Colombia
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish
Uruguay: Operadores penitenciarios denuncian condiciones de trabajo en las cárceles
News
America
South America
Material conditions
Uruguay
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish
Argentina: cómo es el modelo de cárceles sin rejas que proponen aplicar en Santa Fe
News
America
South America
Facilities
Overcrowding
Alternatives
Rehabilitation
Argentina
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish
Colombia: Inpec confirma la reducción de casos de COVID-19 al interior de cárceles
News
Coronavirus
America
South America
Health
Colombia
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish
Mexico: Registra ONG mil 100 contagios de Covid-19 en cárceles
News
Coronavirus
America
Central America and the Caribbean
Health
Mexico
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish
America
North America
Justice
Death penalty
United States
The move clears the way for the executions of four men in the coming months after a 17-year gap during which no inmate on death row for federal crimes was put to death.
Coronavirus
America
North America
Justice
Health
Material conditions
The class action complaint details subpar hygiene protocols, lack of proper healthcare, and more at Mississippi State Penitentiary Parchman
Cuba: Humiliation non-stop
Testimonial
America
Central America and the Caribbean
Foreign prisoners
Access to legal rights
Justice
Health
Material conditions
Torture
Cuba
Jacques was arrested in February 2017 by the Cuban criminal justice system and was immediately incarcerated in a state owned highly secured prison, held incommunicado for 48 days. Her daughter became fatherless overnight.
He was transferred to France in September 2019. He narrates to Prison Insider…
Colombia: 285 casos de discriminación a población LGBTI en prisión en 2019
News
America
South America
LGBTQI
Violence
Colombia
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