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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 29/07/2021 Read more
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Equateur : le pays déclare "l'état d'urgence" dans ses prisons

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South America Protest Overcrowding Violence Ecuador

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Argentina: ratas, comida podrida y heridos de “guerra”: las imágenes del abandono en las cárceles de la provincia de Buenos Aires

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South America Health Material conditions Overcrowding Torture Violence Argentina

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Chile: radiografía de la visita conyugal

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South America Women Access to legal rights Social ties Chile

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Ecuador: Guillermo Lasso decreta cuatro medidas urgentes para combatir la violencia en las cárceles

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South America Discipline Violence Ecuador

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Ecuador: beneficios de prelibertad a favor de los presos tardan en otorgarse

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South America Access to legal rights Justice Alternatives Ecuador

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Nicaragua: El deterioro de los derechos humanos dificulta la celebración de comicios libres en Nicaragua, alerta Michelle Bachelet

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Pre-trial detention South America Justice Protest Violence Nicaragua

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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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Colombia: octava jornada de protestas mientras organizaciones denuncian cerca de 40 fallecidos

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South America Protest Violence Colombia

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Colombia: por qué el país está en un escenario sin precedentes

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South America Protest Violence Colombia

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Brazil / USA: female mass incarceration

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North America South America Women Long-term prisoners Drugs Brazil
Despite many differences at the legal, social and economic levels, Brazil and the United States have commonalities in their use of female incarceration. The Instituto Terra, Trabalho e Cidadania (Land, Labour and Citizenship Institute, ITTC) undertook a comparative investigation to identify recurrent…

Source — The Instituto Terra, Trabalho e Cidadania (ITTC)

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Venezuela: tragedia de Policarabobo, tres años de retardo procesal, frustración, dolor y sed de justicia

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South America Access to legal rights Material conditions Facilities Protest Venezuela

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Venezuela: se filtra video de agresiones a reclusos del Rodeo III por parte de custodios

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South America Violence Venezuela

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Brasil: Xuxa propuso que se prueben vacunas y medicamentos en presos “que al menos sirvan para algo”

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Coronavirus South America Health Brazil

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Venezuela: limitaciones de movilidad durante cuarentena radical impiden que familiares lleven alimentos a sus detenidos

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Coronavirus South America Health Material conditions Social ties Venezuela

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COVID-19 pandemic exposes how little we know about prison conditions globally

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Coronavirus North America South America Europe Material conditions
And yet most of us know very little about prisons. In fact, gaining entry or even insight into prisons as an outsider is quite rare. In Canada, only parliamentarians and judges cannot be denied access to federal prisons. If the measure of civil society is based on how it treats its most vulnerable members,…

Source — The Conversation

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Ecuador: prison riots leave 79 dead, including 34 in Cuenca. Gang wars result in beheadings, dismemberments

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South America Drugs Protest Violence Ecuador
According to Ecuador’s interior ministry, the number of inmates killed in gang warfare in Cuenca, Guayaquil and Latacunga prisons was at least 79. Earlier Tuesday, the ministry said that 62 had died but said later that it had discovered additional bodies and body parts. The death count early, by prison,…

Source — Cuenca high life

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