Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

February 18, 2021

Ireland: €3.7m spent on medicine for prison inmates over the last two years

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More than €3.7m has been spent by the Irish Prison Service on medications for inmates over the past two years. The bill at a single prison can be in excess of €50,000 a month, according to the data, with costs highest at the Midlands Prison in Co Laois. The Irish Prison Service said many of those s…

February 8, 2021

Luxembourg : quelle stratégie de vaccination pour les personnes en prison?

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February 8, 2021

Guinée : "décédé de mort naturelle" un constat qui se multiplie à la prison de Conakry en Guinée

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February 2, 2021

Guinea: deaths in detention and prison sentence for opposition members

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Authorities in Guinea must investigate the deaths of at least four people in detention and end a wave of arrests targeting at least 400 opposition and civil society members.

February 2, 2021

Cuba: first coronavirus vaccines reach prison at Guantánamo bay

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The first 100 members of the prison staff at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, have received initial vaccines against the coronavirus, the U.S. military said Tuesday evening, although it declined to say whether any of the 40 wartime prisoners at the detention center were offered or received vaccines. Capt. Gar…

February 2, 2021

India: "they don’t even look at us as humans. How can we expect them to protect us from the virus?"

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As Covid paroles end, convicts returning to complete life sentences in the same barrack recount six months of horror, delayed testing, overcrowded living conditions and degrading treatment by jail staff. Karan Tripathi reports.

February 2, 2021

Lithuania: inside Vilnius prison during pandemic, "getting sick is inevitable"

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The coronavirus observes no walls – in Vilnius Penitentiary, the outbreak is difficult to control, as some inmates refuse to get tested, while facilities for quarantining infected people are limited.

February 2, 2021

New Zealand: Waikeria protests put a spotlight on prison conditions

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While the protests at Waikeria shine a light on prisoner conditions, abuses of power and inhumane treatment in prison are not new and will continue until prisoner numbers significantly reduce.

January 26, 2021

Egypt: abused and denied heath care, prisoners’ lives at risk

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Amnesty International said in a new damning report today highlighting how prison authorities’ callousness has led or contributed to deaths in custody and irreparable harm to prisoners’ health.

January 20, 2021

Europe: coronavirus, prison fever / 2021

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The Covid-19 has not stopped at prison gates. What measures are taken to guarantee the safety of all prisoners and prison staff? What are the consequences of the pandemic on the living conditions in prisons? — Update 31/12/2021

January 20, 2021

Americas: coronavirus, prison fever / 2021

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The Covid-19 has not stopped at prison gates. What measures are taken to guarantee the safety of all prisoners and prison staff? What are the consequences of the pandemic on the living conditions in prisons? — Update 31/12/2021

January 20, 2021

Oceania: coronavirus, prison fever

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The Covid-19 does not stop at prison gates. Prisoners often live in overcrowded cells and unsanitary contexts, sharing cells. What measures are taken to guarantee the safety of all prisoners and prison staff? What are the consequences of the pandemic on the living conditions in prisons? — Update 31…

January 20, 2021

Middle East: coronavirus, prison fever / 2021

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The Covid-19 has not stopped at prison gates. What measures are taken to guarantee the safety of all prisoners and prison staff? What are the consequences of the pandemic on the living conditions in prisons? — Update 31/12/2021

January 18, 2021

Africa: coronavirus, prison fever / 2021

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The Covid-19 has not stopped at prison gates. What measures are taken to guarantee the safety of all prisoners and prison staff? What are the consequences of the pandemic on the living conditions in prisons? — Update 31/12/2021

January 7, 2021

France : les suicides à la prison marseillaise des Baumettes ne sont pas une fatalité

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January 7, 2021

France: les détenus étrangers sous-protégés, notamment dans les Outre-mer, selon l’Observatoire international des prisons

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January 5, 2021

France: in prison, return to the abnormal

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How are authorities protecting prisoners from the second wave of the epidemic?

January 4, 2021

United States: prisons shouldn’t be charging medical co-pays, especially during a pandemic

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Our December survey of medical co-pay policies shows that some states are reinstating medical co-pays as COVID-19 continues to spread in prisons.

January 1, 2021

Europe: coronavirus, prison fever

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The Covid-19 does not stop at prison gates. Prisoners often live in overcrowded cells and unsanitary contexts, sharing cells. What measures are taken to guarantee the safety of all prisoners and prison staff? What are the consequences of the pandemic on the living conditions in prisons? — Update 31…

December 22, 2020

United States: new documentary released on forced sterilizations of female prisoners

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At least 30 states began officially and formally sanctioning this practice under the “1907 Indiana Eugenics Law.”

December 21, 2020

France : indignité des conditions de détention et pressions subies par un détenu de la prison de Nanterre. Le Conseil d'Etat tacle l'administration.

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December 14, 2020

Egipto: estremecedor aumento de las ejecuciones revela profunda crisis de derechos humanos

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December 11, 2020

France : en Bretagne, des protections gratuites dans les prisons contre la précarité menstruelle

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December 11, 2020

Belgique : "on est revenu en pleine seconde vague à un taux de surpopulation assez élevé"

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