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Central America and the Caribbean
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Haiti
Prisoners are waiting. Most of them will never be judged because their files are missing. Many will die.
Seyi Rhodes is a journalist. He comments some pictures he has shot.
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Overcrowding
Antigua & Barbuda
High Court Justice Iain Morley has joined the many critics of prison conditions in concluding that overcrowding there has the potential to cause the easy spread of disease.
Source — The Daily Observer
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Africa
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Congo - Kinshasa
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — Radio Okapi
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Africa
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Torture
Eswatini
A United Nations group is investigating prison conditions in Swaziland amid reports of inhumane conditions.
Source — All Africa
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Africa
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Eswatini
A United Nations group is investigating prison conditions in Swaziland amid reports of inhumane conditions.
Source — Knowledge Bylanes South Africa
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Africa
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Congo - Kinshasa
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — Mediapart
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Africa
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Liberia
The Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR) has released a report on the ‘deteriorating’ conditions of prisons across the country.
Source — All Africa
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Protest
United States
Seven Alabama jail inmates are facing additional charges after a riot to express their dissatisfaction with the food served at the lockup, according to AL.com.
Source — The Times Picayune
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Europe
Justice
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Romania
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday (25 April) took Romania to task for its dismal prison conditions, saying they could be considered inhumane and degrading.
Source — Euractiv
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Central America and the Caribbean
Health
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Haiti
Haiti Children working with other nonprofits, and Haitians to feed 4,200 prisoners living in dismal conditions
Source — The Denver Post
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Africa
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Chad
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — Alwihda
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Africa
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Congo - Kinshasa
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Source — Radio Okapi
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Africa
Health
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Benin
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Source — Le Monde Afrique
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United States
The 284 women housed in C-dorm at Gadsden Correctional Institution in Quincy lived for months without hot water or heat, faced flooded bathrooms daily and endured water rations when the septic tanks were jammed with food waste.
Source — Orlando Sentinel
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Overcrowding
Turkey
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Source — Daily News
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Justice
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Tunisia
The living conditions in Tunisian prisons are horrible. Ben Emmerson, UN rapporteur on human rights and the fight against terrorism sounded the alarm during a meeting with Tunisian officials on Friday. He began by criticising widespread overcrowding in prisons across the country.
Source — Africa news
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Sierra Leone
On 13 January 2017 the project “Monitoring Access to Justice and Protecting Human Rights through Legal Aid Representation in Places of Detention”, implemented by Prison Watch Sierra Leone and with a budget of €284,000 over 24 months funded by the European Union Delegation to Sierra Leone through the…
Source — European Union
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Antigua & Barbuda
There is no running water, educational classes are suspended because infectious diseases have scared off the teachers and almost 400 inmates are squeezed into a site intended for 150 - minus one who escaped over the weekend.
It is a Monday morning at 1735, Antigua and Barbuda’s national prison, which…
Source — BBC
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Europe
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France
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Source — Le Figaro
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Africa
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Kenya
For the fourth day running, the Naivasha Maximum Security Prison has had no water.
This follows the disconnection of the institution’s power supply over an estimated Sh1.6 million in unpaid bills.
The power is required to pump water from the institution’s borehole.
Source — Daily Nation
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Europe
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Georgia
The Committee of Ministers in the Council of Europe said the current Georgian Government had addressed the issue of prison overcrowding.
A special committee within the Council of Europe (CoE) has released a document assessing the improving situation in Georgia’s prisons and the efforts of the current…
Source — News.Az
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Africa
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Congo - Kinshasa
Les 622 pensionnaires de la prison centrale de Kalemie manquent de nourriture. La direction de la prison décrit une situation préoccupante, indiquant avoir reçu les vivres pour la dernière fois en juin.
Cette maison carcérale conçue pour 250 prisonniers a récemment reçu 23 nouveaux prisonniers.
Elle…
Source — Radio Okapi
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