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March 23, 2017

Prison Insider's editorial — March 2017

South America Health Drugs

The Americas: drug trafficking routes and pathways to prison

February 19, 2017

Mexico: after drug war contracting boom, Mexican prisons stand idle

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Central America and the Caribbean Drugs Mexico

Guards at one of Mexico’s high-security prisons have to worry much more about criminals breaking in than busting out. Despite a price tag of more than 2 billion pesos ($98 million), the Papantla prison built for about 2,000 men in the eastern state of Veracruz does not have a single inmate, and onl…

February 14, 2017

L'état des prisons britanniques

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Europe Drugs United Kingdom

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February 9, 2017

Colombia : Colombia's Mirror: War and Drug Trafficking in the Prison System

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South America Drugs Colombia

Colombia’s prisons are a reflection of the multiple conflicts that have plagued the country for the last half-century. Paramilitaries, guerrillas and drug trafficking groups have vied for control of the jails where they can continue to manage their operations on the outside. Instead of corralling t…

February 6, 2017

The global state of harm reduction in prisons: inadequate, unreliable and unlawful

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Drugs

In this expert blog, Gen Sander of Harm Reduction International states that the global state of harm reduction in prisons is inadequate, unreliable, and unlawful. She argues that the provision of good-quality and accessible harm reduction, both inside and outside of prisons, is a legally binding hu…

February 1, 2017

UK: Exeter prison struggling with drugs and rising violence, say inspectors

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Drugs Violence United Kingdom

Assault and self-harm figures at Devon jail are revealed as justice secretary prepares to publish prison reform bill. Prison inspectors have warned that the situation at Exeter jail is “fragile”, with drugs thrown over the wall on a daily basis and only 29 officers on duty for 490 prisoners.

February 1, 2017

Chaos pénitentiaire au Brésil

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South America Drugs Brazil

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January 31, 2017

United Kingdom: jails unsafe and 'full of drugs', says Chief Inspector of Prisons

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Drugs United Kingdom

Peter Clarke said recommendations made on the back of inspections appear to ‘fall on deaf ears’ in some instances

January 31, 2017

Cambodia: drug campaign nets 1,000

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Asia Drugs Cambodia

More than 1,000 people have been arrested in the first dozen days of the government’s drug crackdown, in what critics have labelled a heavy-handed campaign that could have unintended consequences.

January 31, 2017

Guerre antidrogue aux Philippines : possible crime contre l'humanité

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Asia Drugs Philippines

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January 30, 2017

UK: prisoner dies after 'drug overdose' at HMP Forest Bank in Salford

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Drugs United Kingdom

Death at prison which was under pressure to tackle use of new psychoactive substances is 16th in England and Wales in a month. A prisoner has died after a suspected drug overdose at Forest Bank prison in Greater Manchester.

January 11, 2017

France : vers la mise à disposition de seringues pour les détenus toxicomanes ?

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Europe Drugs France

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December 30, 2016

Colombie : le laboratoire carcéral de l’oncle Sam

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South America Discipline Drugs Facilities Colombia

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November 9, 2016

Philippines drug war turn jail into a haven

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Asia Drugs Overcrowding Philippines

Jason Madarang, awaiting trial on a charge of drug use, is in a muggy, windowless cell in a Manila prison so overcrowded that inmates must sleep in halls and stairwells and share each toilet with 150 other men.

November 2, 2016

UK : eagles could be used to guard prisons from drones being used to smuggle in drugs, weapons and other contraband

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Drugs United Kingdom

Eagles could be deployed to intercept drones being used to smuggle drugs, weapons and other contraband into prisons. Prisons Minister Sam Gyimah said the birds of prey could be recruited to take down remote-controlled miniature aircraft as they are flown towards jails.

October 13, 2016

Philippines : à Manille, les détenus manifestent contre le directeur de la prison

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Asia Drugs Protest Philippines

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September 5, 2016

Argentina packs prisons with drug offenders

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South America Drugs Argentina

The number of prison inmates in Argentina convicted for drug offenses has more than doubled in a decade, a red flag for the country’s growing role in the drug trade and the risk of future prison overcrowding. The prison population sentenced on the basis of Law 23.737, Argentina’s anti-drug legislat…

July 22, 2016

UK : an inmate dies in apparent overdose after calls for help allegedly ignored

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Health Drugs Violence United Kingdom

A prisoner who died after apparently overdosing on prescription medicines had allegedly been ringing her cell alarm bell for more than two hours with no response, the Guardian has learned.

July 13, 2016

Mexique : 10 détenus s'échappent de la prison de Cancun

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Central America and the Caribbean Drugs Mexico

Les prisons mexicaines sont surpeuplées, gangrénées par la violence et souvent contrôlées par des gangs. Selon un rapport officiel, 71 prisons à travers le pays sont en réalité dirigées par des gangs.

March 14, 2016

Cambodia : Interior Ministry admits to prison drug problem

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Asia Health Drugs Cambodia

In what one commentator described as “a bold step”, the Interior Ministry’s prisons department has seemingly admitted it has a drug problem, and last week sent a letter requesting the Health Ministry’s assistance in tackling it.

December 22, 2015

Côte d'Ivoire : "Yacou le Chinois", le détenu qui fait la loi dans la prison d’Abidjan

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Africa Drugs Côte d’Ivoire

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