Women
Women
Afghanistan
When 18-year-old Fawzia was convicted of elopement and adultery, a local Afghan court in the southeastern province of Paktika sentenced her to jail.
She soon discovered that she would not be serving the 18-month sentence in a government-run prison, but in the house of a tribal elder where she would work…
Source — Reuters
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North America
Women
Canada
Préoccupé par la cohabitation de détenus des deux sexes à la prison Leclerc, le ministre de la Sécurité publique, Martin Coiteux, conclut qu’il faut construire un nouveau centre de détention pour femmes dans la région de Montréal.
Dans une entrevue accordée au Devoir, le ministre Coiteux a révélé qu’il…
Source — Le Devoir
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Africa
Women
Uganda
When you walk through the administration block of Luzira Women’s Prison, the first thing you notice is the neat lawn. Then, you see students studying under three trees. In their yellow uniforms, these are not your average students, though.
Four women sit on benches under the first tree, facing a blackboard…
Source — Daily Monitor
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Women
Europe
France
Les cellules dédiées aux détenues féminines sont occupées à 200 %, selon un syndicat.
Elle a décroché un (triste) record. Ce week-end, la partie réservée aux femmes de la maison d’arrêt de Nice est devenue “la plus surpeuplée de France avec 79 détenues pour 39 places”, selon le syndicat UFAP-UNSa justice.
C’est…
Source — 20 Minutes
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Women
Middle East
Material conditions
Suicide
Iran
Around 200 female prisoners detained in the notorious Qarchak Prison near Tehran detailed the horrid conditions of the prison in a letter to Tehran’s Director-General of Prisons.
Source — Iran News Wire
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UK : women forced to give birth in front of male prison guards in case they try to escape prison
News
Women
Violence
United Kingdom
Babies born in prisons have a much higher chance of developing mental health problems, the report claims.
The Government is coming under pressure to justify why it imprisons pregnant women and their babies, after a report suggested that the practice can cause significant harm to infants and mothers without…
Source — The Independent
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Africa
Women
Tunisia
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — Huffpost Maghreb
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Africa
Women
Tunisia
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — Huffpost Tunisie
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Women
Europe
Croatia
Marina Paulenka’s The Other Home is an ode to Požega Penitentiary; Croatia’s only women’s prison. The Zagreb-based photographer discusses a project that seeks to question “the notions of freedom inside and outside supervisory institution’s architecture.”
Source — British Journal of Photography
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Women
Overcrowding
Tunisia
The BBC has been given rare access to an all-women prison in Tunisia, where facilities are becoming increasingly over-crowded.
Source — BBC
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Women
Health
Violence
South Africa
International Women’s Day on March 8 turns the spotlight on the fate of women, in particular their achievements and the slow pace of progress. An often overlooked group are women prisoners.
Source — Mail & Guardian
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Central America and the Caribbean
Women
Haiti
Thursday, January 28, Ambassador of the United States in Haiti, Peter F. Mulrean, along with several civil, political, religious and local and of the Minustah, proceeded to the inauguration of the new civilian women’s prison located in Cabaret near Ti Tanyenclose to the road leading to Saut d’Eau on…
Source — Haïti Libre
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