January 2017
Europe
France
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Source — France Culture
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South America
Violence
Brazil
Behind the prison bloodshed is an escalating feud between Brazil’s biggest drug gangs with about 100 killed in a week.
Source — Al Jazeera
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Africa
Culture
Morocco
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Source — Yabiladi
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South America
Overcrowding
Violence
Brazil
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Source — Libération
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United States
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Source — L'Humanité
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South America
Brazil
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Source — Sept
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Africa
Côte d’Ivoire
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Source — Connection Ivoirienne
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Discipline
China
Elite anti-riot guards called in to deal with protest in dining hall.
Heavily armed anti-riot prison guards ended a hunger strike attempt by more than 130 inmates at one of Hong Kong’s highest security prisons as they occupied a dining hall to protest disciplinary actions against three fellow priso…
Source — South China Morning Post
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South America
Brazil
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Source — L'Express
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Africa
Ethiopia
Oromia State granted amnesty to 10,000 inmates who fulfilled requirement and regretted their wrongdoings.
Source — All Africa
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Facilities
United Kingdom
An open prison in Cheshire is well-led, with very good outcomes for prisoners and few violent incidents, according to Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons, Peter Clarke.
HMP and YOI Thorn Cross in Warrington, which houses about 380 inmates, was inspected in October last year.
Source — BBC
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Central America and the Caribbean
Honduras
Paul Connolly writes about his experience in the rat-infested hell-hole Honduran jail.
Source — The Sun
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United States
US president-elect Donald Trump’s tweet yesterday that everyone held at Guantanamo Bay is “extremely dangerous” is ill-informed. What’s worse, his proposed course of action – stopping all releases – shows a lack of understanding about the danger keeping Guantanamo open poses to US National Security…
Source — Human Rights Watch
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Central America and the Caribbean
Cuba
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Source — Le Monde
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Central America and the Caribbean
Mexico
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Source — Telesur
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