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El Salvador es responsable por la detención, condena y muerte de una mujer que sufrió una emergencia obstétrica

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Central America and the Caribbean Women Health El Salvador

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El Salvador: violation of woman's rights who had abortion and died in prison, court rules

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Central America and the Caribbean Women Justice El Salvador
An El Salvador court sentenced the woman only identified as Manuela in 2008 for aggravated homicide after she suffered what the human rights court called an obstetric emergency that led to the death of her unborn child. While serving her sentence, Manuela was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. In 21

Source — Reuters

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Los 6 países de América Latina y el Caribe donde la cantidad de presos duplica, triplica y hasta cuadriplica la capacidad de las cárceles

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Central America and the Caribbean South America Overcrowding

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República Dominicana: prisiones afirma recintos están abiertos para supervisión de legisladores

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Central America and the Caribbean Material conditions Facilities Dominican Republic

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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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Mexico: seen in the press / 2022

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Central America and the Caribbean Mexico

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Haïti: un rapport évoque la complicité et le manque de gardiens dans l’évasion sanglante de février

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Central America and the Caribbean Material conditions Protest Violence Haiti

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Haití: sangrienta fuga de una cárcel, se escaparon 400 presos y hay 25 muertos

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Central America and the Caribbean Protest Overcrowding Violence Haiti

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Mexico: población en cárceles crece a ritmo récord en 2020, hay 14 mil reos más que al inicio del año

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Central America and the Caribbean Overcrowding Mexico

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Mexico: AMLO busca cancelar contratos de cárceles privadas

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Central America and the Caribbean Facilities Mexico

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Cuba: Amnistía Internacional pide la liberación de dos presos de conciencia de San Isidro

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Central America and the Caribbean Access to legal rights Justice Health Cuba

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Jamaica: helping move mentally ill out of prison not an issue

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Central America and the Caribbean Access to legal rights Mental health Jamaica
“Resources and funding” have been identified by Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton as the hurdles that his ministry would need to clear in order to find suitable spaces so that mentally ill prisoners can be removed from correctional facilities. A recommendation for “some place other1

Source — Jamaica Observer

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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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El Salvador: el caso de Cindy Erazo y qué supone su liberación para otras 18 mujeres condenadas por la estricta ley contra la interrupción del embarazo

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Coronavirus Central America and the Caribbean Women Long-term prisoners Access to legal rights Justice Health El Salvador

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Venezuela: deaths inside prisons doubled during pandemic

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Pre-trial detention Central America and the Caribbean Health Protest Overcrowding Violence Venezuela
Inmate deaths have doubled in Venezuela’s jails during the coronavirus pandemic, a crisis that underscores how the country’s anarchic prisons foment violence and spread disease. Between March and August of 2020, 287 prisoners died in prisons and police holding cells, a jump from the 137 during the1

Source — InSight Crime

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Nicaragua: mujeres trans hablan desde las prisiones durante la COVID-19

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Central America and the Caribbean Women LGBTI Access to legal rights Justice Health Material conditions Nicaragua

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México: las otras pandemias en las cárceles

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Coronavirus Central America and the Caribbean Health Mental health Material conditions Overcrowding Mexico

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