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United Kingdom: lockdown conditions leave prisoners at risk of serving longer sentences

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Lockdown conditions in prisons have effectively ended opportunities for prisoners to take part in rehabilitation activities and progress in their sentences. For the nearly 11,000 prisoners serving indeterminate sentences (9,000 unreleased; 2,000 recalled), this could lead to them spending significa…

Source: Prison reform trust

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United States: conditions at South Carolina juvenile facility unconstitutional

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North America Minors Access to legal rights Justice Mental health Material conditions Violence United States
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued notice on February 5, 2020 that it has found the “totality of the conditions, practices, and incidents” it discovered at Broad River Road Complex (BRRC), South Carolina’s long-term juvenile commitment facility, violated the juveniles’ Fourteenth Amendment…

Source: Prison legal news

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Bangladesh: hay que liberar a cientos de trabajadores y trabajadoras migrantes en detención arbitraria

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This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

Source: Amnistía Internacional

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Venezuela: el ministerio penitenciario ortogó 80 libertades con régimen de confianza en Guárico

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South America Access to legal rights Justice Material conditions Overcrowding Venezuela

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

Source: Una ventana a la libertad

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Argentina: por qué son cada vez más las mujeres presas por vender drogas

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This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

Source: La Nación

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España: una concentración en Bilbao pide durante toda la noche otra política penitenciaria

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Europe Access to legal rights Justice Spain

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

Source: Eitb.eus

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Venezuela: los "pures" caen presos mientras intentan sobrevivirI

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This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

Source: Una ventana a la libertad

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France : le sport en prison, "c'est le seul moyen pour s'évader"

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Culture Europe Health Mental health France

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

Source: France bleu

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France: conditions de détention en prison

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This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

Source: Ouest france

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México: ¿qué libro le regalarías a una mujer que está en la cárcel?

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This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

Source: UAMC

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El Salvador: el caso de Cindy Erazo y qué supone su liberación para otras 18 mujeres condenadas por la estricta ley contra la interrupción del embarazo

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Coronavirus Central America and the Caribbean Women Long-term prisoners Access to legal rights Justice Health El Salvador

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

Source: BBC news

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Argentina: sin visitas y con menos actividades, así viven la cuarentena los presos

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This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

Source: La Nación

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Chile: ordenan mejoras en la cárcel de Valdivia

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This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

Source: Diario futrono

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France: la galère des familles de détenus après la suppression d’un arrêt de bus desservant la prison de Fleury-Mérogis

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This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

Source: Le Monde

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France: en 2019, près de 54 000 étrangers sans titre de séjour ont été enfermés

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Coronavirus Pre-trial detention Europe Foreign prisoners Justice France

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

Source: Le Monde

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United States: nearly 1,000 inmates, more than 200 staff in Wisconsin prisons have tested positive for coronavirus

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After nearly flattening for about three months, positive coronavirus tests in Wisconsin prisons are back on the rise at rates worse than ever. More than 600 inmates in state-run prisons tested positive for coronavirus in the past month, bringing the total to 953 since the beginning of the pandemic.…

Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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Australia: prisoner advocates call for abolition of 'discriminatory' voting restrictions as inmates prepare to cast vote in state election for the first time

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Coronavirus Pre-trial detention Oceania Access to legal rights Health Material conditions Overcrowding Rehabilitation Australia
For the first time in Queensland’s history, thousands of inmates in correctional centres across the state will be given the right to vote in the upcoming october state election.

Source: ABC

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Lebanon: the largest prison grapples with alarming covid-19 outbreak

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Coronavirus Middle East Health Material conditions Overcrowding Lebanon
Lebanon’s largest prison on Thursday was grappling with an alarming coronavirus outbreak, as many inmates refused to take preventative measures or get tested under the impression that catching the virus could speed up their release as part of a rumored general amnesty, the head of the country’s doc…

Source: Daily Sabah

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