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Coronavirus: Prison Fever / 2021

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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 29/03/2021 Read more
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Brazil / USA: female mass incarceration

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

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

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

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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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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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Argentina: en cumplimiento de un fallo de la CorteIDH, el SPF aprueba un nuevo protocolo de traslados de personas privadas de libertad

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Venezuela: detenidos de Policarirubana piden descongestionamiento

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Venezuela: familiares de presos de Polimiranda deben llevar agua a diario para aseo y consumo

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Ecuador: violentos motines dejan más de 75 muertos en tres cárceles

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Équateur : des mutineries dans trois prisons font 79 morts

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South America Protest Violence Ecuador

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Chile: interno de cárcel de La Serena se suicida tras acosos de gendarmes por su orientación sexual

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South America LGBTI Access to legal rights Torture Violence Chile

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Chile: siguen los abusos en gendarmería, ahora torturan a interna trans en cárcel de Arica

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South America LGBTI Access to legal rights Torture Violence Chile

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Venezuela: Amnistía Internacional nombra presos de conciencia a cinco miembros de la ONG humanitaria Azul Positivo

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Chile: cárcel y mujeres, la urgencia de pensar un sistema penitenciario con enfoque de género

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