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As the largest and most inhabited country in South America, Brazil has also the largest population of people in jail.
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Guinea
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.
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Mexico
Mexico’s president will seek better terms for the government in private prison contracts signed by his predecessors, he said on Wednesday, adding that he could cancel them if better deals cannot be reached.
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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.
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New Zealand
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.
Canada : bannir les courtes peines de prison pour éviter des suicides
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Kazakhstan : abolition de la peine de mort
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Suisse : l'aide au suicide pour les prisonniers envisagée
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Brazil
What the numbers reveal about incarcerated mothers and pregnant women.
Colombia: repair, educate, reconcile
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Colombia
The prison population in Latin America continues to grow. Is restorative justice a viable alternative to redress this situation?
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Egypt
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.
France: indiscriminate surveillance
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There are 1,500 individuals who are identified as “radicalised” prisoners. How are they evaluated? By whom? What is their pre-trial detention like?
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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
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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…
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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
France : “je me dois de vous dire que la dite réinsertion est un combat de tous les jours”
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