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May 19, 2022

Argentina : Siguen las advertencias por pésimas condiciones en comisarías y cárceles

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May 19, 2022

Salvador : Incrementa el peligro en las cárceles

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May 19, 2022

Écuador : Al menos 43 presos mueren en un nuevo enfrentamiento

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May 19, 2022

Perù : La moda social teje reinserción en las cárceles

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May 19, 2022

España : Literatura de evasión: qué leen los presos en las cárceles españolas

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May 19, 2022

Syria : Families wait desperately for loved ones' release after prison amnesty

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Middle East Social ties Syria

Dozens of Syrians gathered on the streets of Damascus last night, hoping that their relatives would be among a batch of detainees released under a new amnesty. Families assembled in the “President’s Bridge” area, awaiting the arrival of buses carrying people who have been held for years in Syria’s…

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May 19, 2022

South Sudan : Islamic Council, Somali community release 7 inmates from Juba Prison

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The inmates are said to have been jailed for petty crimes including failure to pay debts and court fines. Their release was concluded during Eid-el Fitr celebrations.

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May 19, 2022

Nigeria : Kano: Ganduje pardons 90 prisons inmates

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Africa Justice Nigeria

The governor has also made provisions to register the former prisoners in skills acquisition programmes in the state, Naija News understands. Governor Ganduje assured that his government will free more inmates in the next 70 days during Eid el-Kabir celebration.The governor reminded them that the p…

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May 18, 2022

Burkina Faso : Un mort et au moins 60 prisonniers libérés dans l'attaque d'une prison

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May 18, 2022

Équateur : Le gouvernement n’arrive pas à enrayer les massacres à répétition dans les prisons

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May 16, 2022

Sénégal : prison de camp pénal et de Kaolack, 15 détenus en grève de la faim

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May 4, 2022

Argentina: "The phone is everything to me"

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When Paola, 35, heard she and her cellmates would be allowed mobile phones in their prison cell at the start of the global Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020, she celebrated ecstatically. “It felt like freedom,” she recalled. “But they were juste cellphones!” After one of her fellow inmates in the Pen…

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May 2, 2022

Australia: seen in the press / 2022

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Violence, acts of protest, prison conditions, justice reforms: find out what is new about prisons and justice in this country. Prison Insider monitors the press on a regular basis. Read more

April 28, 2022

Togo resumes prison visits after two-year ban

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As in many African countries, family visits are crucial for many detainees as they allow relatives to bring food, clothing and medicine. “Parents of detainees as well as friends, members of NGOs and civil society, are allowed (visits) starting on Friday 22 April,” Justice Minister Pius Kokouvi Agbe… Read more

April 28, 2022

Liban : Des proches de détenus manifestent devant la prison militaire de Rihanié

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April 28, 2022

Nigeria: Coverup in Nigerian Prison As TB Hits, Kills Several Inmates

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At least 20 inmates have died of pulmonary tuberculosis and about a hundred suffered the infection in the old Katsina custodial centre, insiders have told PREMIUM TIMES. They described the incident as an effect of corruption and a “shockingly poor” state of hygiene and health services in the 104-ye…

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April 28, 2022

Liban : Les prisonniers de Roumieh s'automutilent pour alerter sur la détérioration de leur situation

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April 28, 2022

Lebanon's prisons: A microcosm of disease, sectarianism and near-anarchy

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Middle East Material conditions Lebanon

Roumieh, the country’s largest detention facility - which only years ago held the highest number of convicted militants per square metre in the world - operates at nearly four times its capacity. Inmates don’t have access to sufficient food, water, or hygiene products, which allows for the rapid sp…

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April 28, 2022

Liban : Dans la plus grande prison du Liban, manger devient un luxe

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April 28, 2022

Liban : Le quadruple féminicide d’Ansar ravive le débat sur la peine de mort dans un Liban en crise

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April 28, 2022

Lebanon: Lebanese LGBT community fights to keep safe spaces

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BEIRUT, Lebanon — On a sofa in a dimly lit bar, two young women finish their beers while they caress each other’s hands. Oblivious to the music, to the people who enter and leave, they look at each other as if they were the only inhabitants of the city. But as they cross the threshold, they undo th…

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April 28, 2022

Afghanistan: Over 1,200 drug addicts being treated at Herat prison

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More than 1,200 drug addicts are being treated at a state prison in the western province of Herat, local officials said. The drug users are being treated by governmental institutions in cooperation with private sector companies. The drug users said they were grateful about their treatment. “I am v…

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April 21, 2022

Équateur : des bains de sang dans les prisons, le gouvernement impuissant

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April 21, 2022

Cameroun : l’épidémie de choléra dans les prisons inquiète l’opposition

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