Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

June 23, 2021

Canada: abuse, discrimination in immigration detention

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Thousands held, systemic change needed.

June 23, 2021

South Africa: large number of juveniles in SA prison system a cause for concern

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While South Africans commemorated the youth of 1976 which sparked a revolution, many youngsters charged with violent crimes are still incarcerated in government facilities.

June 23, 2021

Kenya: children in prison with their mothers – not their crime yet their sentence

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Africa Women Minors Material conditions Social ties Kenya

Thirty years after the adoption of the charter, we still have a long way to go in accelerating the implementation of Agenda 2040: fostering an Africa fit for children.

June 17, 2021

Myanmar: student activists, journalists being mistreated in Insein prison, say family members

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Relatives of seven young detainees say they are at risk since being separated and placed in cells with hardened criminals.

June 17, 2021

China: chinese journalist Lü Gengsong’s health deteriorating in prison

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Asia Health Material conditions Torture China

The Committee to Protect Journalists is calling for the immediate release of journalist Lü Gengsong, whose health is reportedly deteriorating in prison.

June 10, 2021

Myanmar : Aung San Suu Kyi inculpée pour corruption

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Pre-trial detention Asia Protest Myanmar (Burma)

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June 10, 2021

Turkey: seen in the press / 2021

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Violence, acts of protest, prison conditions, justice reforms: find out what is new about prisons and justice in this country. Prison Insider monitors the press on a regular basis.

June 10, 2021

Malta: Faculty for Social Wellbeing dean calls for end to solitary confinement in Malta’s prison

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A position paper issued by the Office of the Dean of the Faculty for Social Wellbeing argues solitary confinement leads to worsening rates of recidivism

June 10, 2021

Nigeria: JUSUN strike: prison inmates, suspects in deplorable conditions

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Africa Pre-trial detention Access to legal rights Justice Material conditions Niger

Some civil society organizations (CSOs) in Enugu State have decried the deplorable condition of awaiting trial inmates in correctional centers and police custody following the judicial workers strike.

June 10, 2021

United States: Mumia Abu-Jamal, how he ended up in prison, and why MOVE wants him freed

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The former journalist was convicted of killing a police officer in 1981, in a trial many say was suffused with racial bias.

June 10, 2021

Myanmar: condenan a dos años de prisión a uno de los líderes de la Liga nacional para la democracia de Suu Kyi

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Asia Justice Protest Myanmar (Burma)

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June 10, 2021

Rusia: justicia rusa decreta prisión preventiva para Pivovarov a la espera de que se celebre el juicio en su contra

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Pre-trial detention Asia Europe Access to legal rights Russia

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June 9, 2021

Chile: un tribunal dicta prisión contra un teniente del Ejército chileno por torturas

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June 9, 2021

Yemen: detainees tortured and arbitrarily detained for years then forced into exile upon release

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The Huthi de facto authorities in Yemen must not use arbitrarily detained prisoners as pawns in ongoing political negotiations, a new report by Amnesty International said today.

June 9, 2021

Qatar: Kenyan labour rights activist in solitary confinement

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Pre-trial detention Middle East Torture Qatar

More than three weeks after Mr. Bidali was forcibly disappeared by state security services, authorities are still refusing to reveal his whereabouts or explain why he has been detained.

June 9, 2021

France : en prison, on se suicide dans l’indifférence

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May 27, 2021

España: La única cárcel para curas del mundo estaba en Zamora: celdas de 5m², torturas y el método del gusano

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Europe Material conditions Torture Religion Spain

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May 27, 2021

España: los suicidios en las cárceles aumentan con la pandemia

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Europe Mental health Suicide Spain

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May 27, 2021

España: ¿Por qué las mujeres son menos del 8% de la población reclusa en España? Así son las cárceles femeninas en nuestro país

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May 27, 2021

Guatemala: sangriento motín en cárcel de Guatemala deja siete reos decapitados

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America Central America and the Caribbean Violence Guatemala

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May 27, 2021

España: cuatro de las 12 operaciones contra el yihadismo en 2021 en España tuvieron lugar en cárceles

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Europe Protest Violence Religion Spain

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May 27, 2021

Géorgie : tuberculose, les prisons, viviers pour les souches multirésistantes

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Asia Europe Health Overcrowding Georgia

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May 27, 2021

Cameroun : deux personnes transgenres condamnées à de la prison ferme

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May 26, 2021

China: welfare petition with 100,000 signatures pours heat on Hong Kong prison bosses to protect inmates from sweltering weather

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Asia Health Material conditions Overcrowding China

The drive, initiated by rights group Wall-fare which was set up by former opposition lawmaker Shiu Ka-chun, urges measures such as cold water, improved ventilation and extra showers.