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Brazil
As the largest and most inhabited country in South America, Brazil has also the largest population of people in jail.
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Central America and the Caribbean
Health
Cuba
The first 100 members of the prison staff at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, have received initial vaccines against the coronavirus, the U.S. military said Tuesday evening, although it declined to say whether any of the 40 wartime prisoners at the detention center were offered or received vaccines.
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Oceania
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New Zealand
While the protests at Waikeria shine a light on prisoner conditions, abuses of power and inhumane treatment in prison are not new and will continue until prisoner numbers significantly reduce.
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South America
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Brazil
What the numbers reveal about incarcerated mothers and pregnant women.
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Egypt
Amnesty International said in a new damning report today highlighting how prison authorities’ callousness has led or contributed to deaths in custody and irreparable harm to prisoners’ health.
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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
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Oceania
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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…
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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
France: mon Noël en prison, au temps de la Covid-19
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France
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French
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France
How are authorities protecting prisoners from the second wave of the epidemic?
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United States
Our December survey of medical co-pay policies shows that some states are reinstating medical co-pays as COVID-19 continues to spread in prisons.
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Europe
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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…
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Pakistan
A joint report by Amnesty International and the Justice Project Pakistan, Prisoners of the Pandemic─ The Right To Health, notes that the reduction of overcrowding in prisons during the first wave of the coronavirus epidemic was not undertaken, even the second wave was now upon us, and there was a r…
Belgique : "on est revenu en pleine seconde vague à un taux de surpopulation assez élevé"
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Belgium
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French
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North America
Health
Overcrowding
United States
Federal officials have suggested that corrections staff receive high priority for a coronavirus vaccine, but not the millions of vulnerable inmates held in U.S. facilities.
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India
Additional solicitor general Chetan Sharma told the Delhi HC that the NCRB will include transgender in the gender classification of prisoners in their annual publication of prison statistics 2020.
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Sri Lanka
Authorities must work to release hundreds of detainees to ease overcrowding.
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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.
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United States
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) has been challenged regarding care for its mentally ill prisoners for decades.
France : covid-19 dans les prisons, la Contrôleure générale alerte sur les conditions sanitaires
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France
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