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June 3, 2020

France: surpopulation, personnel débordé, locaux "immondes", le triste bilan des prisons françaises en 2019

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May 27, 2020

USA: cleaning supplies are so scarce at this arizona prison, detainees are using shampoo and menstrual pads, lawsuit says

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No one seems to be cleaning the phones at CoreCivic’s correctional complex in Florence, Arizona, Maria Guadalupe Lucero-Gonzalez said—so she wipes them down with wet menstrual pads before she calls her loved ones. It’s been almost a year since the 50-year-old mother of three was convicted of illegal…

Source — The Appeal

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May 20, 2020

Argentina: ¿para qué está la cárcel?

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May 19, 2020

Thailand: student project seeks more ‘humane’ design of Bangkok prison

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BANGKOK — A university is working with a prison to help tackle overcrowding and unhygienic conditions that have stalked the Thai corrections system for years. In a joint project by King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi and Thonburi Remand Prison, architecture students are asked to come up…

Source — Khaosod English

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May 19, 2020

Guinea: plongée dans l'enfer du camp militaire de Soronkoni

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May 14, 2020

Colombia: E-Containers ofrece cárceles en contenedores para dar solución al hacinamiento

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May 6, 2020

Venezuela: dozens killed, injured in prison uprising

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The events in which at least 47 people died and 75 were injured on May 1st in Venezuela’s Los Llanos prison in Guanare, Portuguesa state are an alarming reminder of the awful prison conditions that Venezuela has historically failed to address. Corruption, weak security, deteriorating infrastructure,…

Source — Human Rights Watch

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May 6, 2020

Brazil: Covid-19 massacre imminent

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Open and poorly treated wounds, food waste on the cell floor, rat faeces, little ventilation, water rationing, insects everywhere. While some inmates do not even get up from their beds, such is their weak state of health, others are stuck in wheelchairs. To wash one’s body or one’s hands or clean any…

Source — LAB

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May 5, 2020

Turkey: a life in isolation

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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) prisoners represent a minority. Their protection is not ensured at all levels and their specific needs are neglected. Hilal Basak Demirbas works at the Society in the Penal System association. She regularly exchanges letters with LGBTI prisoners… Read more

May 5, 2020

Hungary: Tight measures in a closed system

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The Hungarian penitentiary institutions have become even more closed and less transparent since the COVID-19 outbreak. On 5 April 2020, a Government Decree introduced tighter measures for prisons. The Hungarian Helsinki Committee updates us on the situation. Read more

April 24, 2020

Greece: reforming prison system and ending police ill-treatment are urgent priorities, says CPT

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After a visit to prisons in Greece last year, the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) recommends that the Greek authorities remedy structural problems that have led to enduring ill-treatment of detainees, prison overcrowding…

Source — Council of Europe

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April 23, 2020

Spain: las videollamadas llegan a las cárceles

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April 21, 2020

France: "on ne sait pas encore si c’est les ERIS ou le virus qui va nous mettre à terre"

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April 14, 2020

France: face au coronavirus, la déflation carcérale a commencé

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April 10, 2020

Burundi: "Some people are sleeping outside in the rain"

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D. is incarcerated in the Mpimba prison. He is one of over 4000 inmates in a dilapidated establishment that was designed to hold up to 800. He describes his day to day life. Read more

April 10, 2020

Greece: Covid-19, in prisons isolation is not enough

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COVID-19 has forced millions of people around the globe into self-isolation and quarantine; however, millions were already living in isolation. People detained in Greek prisons are among those who must now face the pandemic with limited or no access to protective means, while living conditions in prisons…

Source — Osservatorio balcani e caucaso transeuropa

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April 9, 2020

Argentina: establecen protocolo para ingreso y uso de celulares en cárceles

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April 9, 2020

Africa: penser la prison à l'heure de la pandémie de Coronavirus

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March 31, 2020

Belgium: "Jamais je n'ai vécu pire situation", témoigne un détenu

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March 30, 2020

Europe: coronavirus, prison fever

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The Covid-19 does not stop at prison gates. Prisoners often live in overcrowded cells and unsanitary contexts, sharing cells. 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 31/12/20 Read more

March 18, 2020

Africa: coronavirus, prison fever

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The Covid-19 does not stop at prison gates. Prisoners often live in overcrowded cells and unsanitary contexts, sharing cells. 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 31/12/20 Read more

March 18, 2020

Asia: coronavirus, prison fever

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The Covid-19 does not stop at prison gates. Prisoners often live in overcrowded cells and unsanitary contexts, sharing cells. 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 31/12/2020 Read more

March 18, 2020

Middle East: coronavirus, prison fever

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The Covid-19 does not stop at prison gates. Prisoners often live in overcrowded cells and unsanitary contexts, sharing cells. 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 31/12/2020 Read more

March 18, 2020

Oceania: coronavirus, prison fever

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The Covid-19 does not stop at prison gates. Prisoners often live in overcrowded cells and unsanitary contexts, sharing cells. 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 11/12/2020 Read more