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Coronavirus: Prison Fever / 2021

Africa Coronavirus North America Central America and the Caribbean South America Asia Elderly prisoners Europe Middle East Oceania Health Mental health Material conditions Activities Social ties
The virus 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? Here is an overview. — Update 29/03/2021 Read more
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Myanmar : Aung San Suu Kyi inculpée pour corruption

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Pre-trial detention Asia Protest Myanmar (Burma)

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Malta: Faculty for Social Wellbeing dean calls for end to solitary confinement in Malta’s prison

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Europe Mental health Material conditions Rehabilitation Malta
The Office of the Dean of the Faculty for Social Wellbeing at the University of Malta has issued a position paper calling for the end to solitary confinement in the country. “The practice of Solitary Confinement has been shown, through multiple empirical research publications, to be detrimental to prisoners’…

Source — Maltatoday

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Nigeria: JUSUN strike: prison inmates, suspects in deplorable conditions

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Africa Pre-trial detention Access to legal rights Justice Material conditions Niger
On April 6, members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) embarked on an indefinite strike over some states’ refusal to grant judiciary autonomy and financial independence. This has led to a nationwide shut down of courts in Nigeria which stalled criminal and civil trials across the country. Some…

Source — Politics

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United States: Mumia Abu-Jamal, how he ended up in prison, and why MOVE wants him freed

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North America Access to legal rights Justice United States
Mumia Abu-Jamal is a 66-year-old former journalist incarcerated in a Pennsylvania state prison for the 1981 shooting death of Officer Daniel Faulkner. “We’re not asking for no apologies. We’re not asking for no investigation, because neither one will mean anything,” said Janine Africa during an April…

Source — Billy Penn

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Myanmar: condenan a dos años de prisión a uno de los líderes de la Liga nacional para la democracia de Suu Kyi

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Asia Justice Protest Myanmar (Burma)

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Rusia: justicia rusa decreta prisión preventiva para Pivovarov a la espera de que se celebre el juicio en su contra

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Pre-trial detention Asia Europe Access to legal rights Russia

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Chile: un tribunal dicta prisión contra un teniente del Ejército chileno por torturas

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Pre-trial detention South America Torture Chile

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Yemen: detainees tortured and arbitrarily detained for years then forced into exile upon release

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Pre-trial detention Foreign prisoners Middle East Access to legal rights Torture Violence Yemen
The report, Released and Exiled: Torture, unfair trials and forcible exile of Yemenis under Huthi rule, is an in-depth investigation into the experiences of a minority of non-fighters, including journalists, political opponents and Baha’i religious minority members, who were released as part of political…

Source — Amnesty International

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France : en prison, on se suicide dans l’indifférence

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Europe Mental health Suicide Violence France

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España: La única cárcel para curas del mundo estaba en Zamora: celdas de 5m², torturas y el método del gusano

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Europe Material conditions Torture Religion Spain

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España: los suicidios en las cárceles aumentan con la pandemia

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Europe Mental health Suicide Spain

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España: ¿Por qué las mujeres son menos del 8% de la población reclusa en España? Así son las cárceles femeninas en nuestro país

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Women Europe Health Spain

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Guatemala: sangriento motín en cárcel de Guatemala deja siete reos decapitados

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Central America and the Caribbean Violence Guatemala

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España: cuatro de las 12 operaciones contra el yihadismo en 2021 en España tuvieron lugar en cárceles

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Europe Protest Violence Religion Spain

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Géorgie : tuberculose, les prisons, viviers pour les souches multirésistantes

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Asia Europe Health Overcrowding Georgia

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Cameroun : deux personnes transgenres condamnées à de la prison ferme

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Africa LGBTI Justice Cameroon

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China: welfare petition with 100,000 signatures pours heat on Hong Kong prison bosses to protect inmates from sweltering weather

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Asia Health Material conditions Overcrowding China
More than 100,000 Hongkongers have signed a petition urging prison authorities to roll out special measures such as the provision of cold water for inmates, as the city swelters under exceptionally hot weather. The “very hot weather” alert issued by the Observatory – which warns the public of heatstroke…

Source — South China Morning Post

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