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March 18, 2020

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Coronavirus: Prison Fever

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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 03/07/20 Read more

July 6, 2020

Colombia: 285 casos de discriminación a población LGBTI en prisión en 2019

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July 6, 2020

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Coronavirus South America Material conditions Protest Torture Argentina

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July 2, 2020

Colombia: se disparan casos de coronavirus en cárceles de Cali, Cartagena y El Espinal

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Coronavirus South America Health Colombia

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July 2, 2020

Chile: la realidad de las cárceles en pandemia y la falta de información pública

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Coronavirus South America Health Chile

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June 24, 2020

Colombia: 2.236 internos contagiados por la COVID-19 en 17 cárceles

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Coronavirus South America Health Colombia

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June 24, 2020

Ecuador: exigen medidas ante brotes de Covid-19 en cárceles

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Coronavirus South America Health Ecuador

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June 24, 2020

Colombia: en Barranquilla hay 47 presos con COVID-19 en cárceles del Inpec

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Coronavirus South America Health Colombia

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June 24, 2020

Uruguay: cárcel de máxima seguridad, del “Compromiso por el País” a la propuesta del Gobierno

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South America Justice Uruguay

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June 24, 2020

Uruguay: controlaron revuelta en la cárcel de Punta de Rieles tras requisa masiva

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South America Material conditions Protest Uruguay

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June 17, 2020

Uruguay: 8 de cada 10 presas consumen drogas según una encuesta relevada en 17 cárceles

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South America Drugs Uruguay

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June 17, 2020

Ecuador: two inmates die in Lacatunga's prison riot

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Ecuador’s National Service for the Comprehensive Care of Adults Deprived of their Liberty and Adolescent Offenders (SNAI) Thursday reported two convicts died after an inmate riot in North Central Sierra Regional prison, located in Lacatunga, in Cotopaxi province. “The two dead are Walter M., who was…

Source — Telesur

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June 17, 2020

Brazil: COVID-19 breeds fear and calls for change

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Carolina, a Brazilian mother, hasn’t heard anything from her jailed son since March when authorities banned prison visits due to the coronavirus outbreak and she is scared. As COVID-19 deaths rise in Brazil’s violent and overcrowded jails, activists have called for tens of thousands of prisoners to be…

Source — The Jakarta Post

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June 17, 2020

Venezuela: al menos 1.410 reclusos han sido puestos en libertad desde el inicio de la cuarentena

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Coronavirus South America Justice Health Venezuela

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June 12, 2020

Argentina: doscientos internos de cárceles bonaerenses reciclan tecnología en desuso

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South America Work Argentina

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June 12, 2020

Colombia: 10 horas de terror

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Coronavirus South America Protest Colombia

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June 12, 2020

Latin America: una masacre anunciada

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June 10, 2020

Colombia: coronavirus hits prison population hard

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Despite local and international warnings about the spread of coronavirus among vulnerable prison populations, Colombia has seen brutal outbreaks of the virus in at least nine of its detention facilities. As parts of Colombia enter phase two of quarantine and the country begins to open up, the virus is…

Source — The Bogota Post

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June 9, 2020

Touch — 9/12

Inside Outside

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Each month, the photographer Bertrand Gaudillère creates an image or chooses one from his archives. Prison Insider sends it to a dozen participants, prisoners around the world.They are in Argentina, in the United States of America, in France, in Switzerland, in Guatemala, in Ukraine, in Colombia, in… Read more

June 4, 2020

Argentina: #NiUnaMenos, desde las cárceles también

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South America Women Justice Argentina

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June 4, 2020

Argentina: la Provincia firmará un convenio con Naciones Unidas para mejorar las cárceles bonaerenses

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South America Violence Rehabilitation Work Argentina

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June 4, 2020

South America: las mujeres tienen mayor riesgo de suicidio en las cárceles

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South America Women Mental health

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June 4, 2020

Argentina: el 40% de los presos en cárceles de Misiones no tiene condena

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Pre-trial detention South America Argentina

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June 4, 2020

Latin America: como evitar brotes de coronavirus en las cárceles

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