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United Kingdom: lockdown conditions leave prisoners at risk of serving longer sentences

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Pre-trial detention Europe Access to legal rights Justice Activities Rehabilitation Work United Kingdom
Lockdown conditions in prisons have effectively ended opportunities for prisoners to take part in rehabilitation activities and progress in their sentences. For the nearly 11,000 prisoners serving indeterminate sentences (9,000 unreleased; 2,000 recalled), this could lead to them spending significa…

Source: Prison reform trust

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France: en 2019, près de 54 000 étrangers sans titre de séjour ont été enfermés

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Coronavirus Pre-trial detention Europe Foreign prisoners Justice France

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

Source: Le Monde

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Australia: prisoner advocates call for abolition of 'discriminatory' voting restrictions as inmates prepare to cast vote in state election for the first time

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Coronavirus Pre-trial detention Oceania Access to legal rights Health Material conditions Overcrowding Rehabilitation Australia
For the first time in Queensland’s history, thousands of inmates in correctional centres across the state will be given the right to vote in the upcoming october state election.

Source: ABC

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Venezuela: deaths inside prisons doubled during pandemic

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Inmate deaths have doubled in Venezuela’s jails during the coronavirus pandemic, a crisis that underscores how the country’s anarchic prisons foment violence and spread disease. Between March and August of 2020, 287 prisoners died in prisons and police holding cells, a jump from the 137 during the…

Source: InSight Crime

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Morocco: le champion mondial de la détention préventive

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This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

Source: Kiosque 360

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Argentina: el 40% de los presos en cárceles de Misiones no tiene condena

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Pre-trial detention South America Argentina

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

Source: Misiones Online

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Turkey: prisons, le pays développe "un modèle inhumain"

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Pre-trial detention Europe Justice Turkey

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

Source: Libération

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Argentina: negociar en desventaja por la presión de estar detenido

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Pre-trial detention South America Justice Argentina

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

Source: La Capital

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France: la détention provisoire, une mauvaise habitude

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Pre-trial detention Europe France

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

Source: Politis