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United States
The Missouri Justice Coalition is about to launch its first town hall tour focusing on state prison conditions.
North America
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United States
The position appears to have been eliminated last year.
Africa
Pre-trial detention
Justice
Nigeria
Three years after violent suppression of nationwide #EndSARS protests against police brutality, at least fifteen protesters arrested in 2020 are still being arbitrarily detained – the majority of them without trial – in Kirikiri Medium Correctional Centre and Ikoyi Medium Security Correctional Cent…
Middle East
Facilities
Alternatives
Rehabilitation
Bahrain
The International Ombudsman Institute “IOI” President Chris Field has praised Bahrain’s open prison and rehabilitation center in Hamala, calling it a “model that can be used in other countries”.
North America
Health
Mental health
United States
Eleven days after 57-year-old Anthony Talotta arrived at a Pittsburgh jail, he died from what his family says was a treatable and preventable infection from a foot wound.
Europe
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United Kingdom
Dartmoor Prison is failing to provide adequate living conditions, education and work opportunities for its inmates, says an inspectors’ report.
Middle East
Material conditions
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Israel
One in every five Palestinians has been arrested and charged under the 1,600 military orders that control every aspect of the lives of Palestinians living under the Israeli military occupation. That incarceration rate doubles for Palestinian men — two in every five have been arrested.
United Kingdom: prisoners sleeping on matresses "wedged next to lavatories" due to overcrowding
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Europe
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United Kingdom
Inspector criticises “degrading” conditions in prisons in correspondence to Government
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United States
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Malaysia
Central America and the Caribbean
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El Salvador
El Salvador has imprisoned 1.6% of its 6.3 million citizens. That gives it an incarceration rate triple that of the US and more than double that of Cuba.