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France : feu vert à la nomination de Dominique Simonnot comme Contrôleuse générale des prisons

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Europe Access to legal rights Justice France

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Argentina: advierten por los riesgos de contagio en las cárceles debido a la sobrepoblación

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Coronavirus South America Access to legal rights Health Material conditions Overcrowding Argentina

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Venezuela: denuncian violación de DDHC a reclusos en la subdelegación Cicpc Las Acacias

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Pre-trial detention South America Access to legal rights Justice Health Mental health Material conditions Overcrowding Social ties Venezuela

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Estados Unidos: la paradoja de la pena de muerte

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North America Long-term prisoners Access to legal rights Justice Death penalty United States

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France: la journaliste Dominique Simonnot nommée contrôleuse générale des prisons

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Europe Access to legal rights Justice France

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France: le Conseil constitutionnel exige une loi pour faire respecter la dignité humaine en prison

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Pre-trial detention Europe Access to legal rights Justice France

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France: des kits d'hygiène féminine distribués gratuitement aux détenues de la maison d'arrêt de Nîmes

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Women Europe Access to legal rights Health France

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United States: prison labor is on the frontlines of the covid-19 pandemic

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Coronavirus North America Access to legal rights Health Material conditions Rehabilitation Work United States
As record-shattering wildfires rage throughout California, the state’s incarcerated population is doing the backbreaking work at the front lines. They plow fire lines and battle blazes, for $1 an hour, plus reduced prison time—a program that saves the state tens of millions of dollars annually. While…

Source — The Appeal

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

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Pre-trial detention Europe Access to legal rights Justice Activities Rehabilitation Work United Kingdom
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 significantly…

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 rights. After…

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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Asia Access to legal rights Justice Work Bangladesh

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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

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

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South America Women Justice Drugs Argentina

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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

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Venezuela: los "pures" caen presos mientras intentan sobrevivirI

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South America Elderly prisoners Access to legal rights Health Material conditions Social ties Venezuela

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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

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France: conditions de détention en prison

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Europe Access to legal rights Justice Material conditions Overcrowding France

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

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Culture Central America and the Caribbean Women Activities Social ties Mexico

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