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March 18, 2020

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 29/03/20 Read more

March 18, 2020

China: le coronavirus, une menace pour les camps ouïghours

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March 18, 2020

China: finds spike in coronavirus cases in jails, officials fired

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The infections found in the two jails, in the northern province of Shandong and the eastern province of Zhejiang, made up most of the 258 newly confirmed cases on Thursday outside the central province of Hubei, where the most cases have occurred.

Source — Reuters

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March 18, 2020

China: Coronavirus Covid-19, quelque 500 contaminés dans les prisons chinoises, nouveau foyer de contagion

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March 11, 2020

India: Coimbatore prison inmates to grow sugarcane

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COIMBATORE: As part of a series of efforts aimed to encourage agriculture activity among prison inmates, Coimbatore central prison authorities have planned to begin sugarcane cultivation at Open Air Jail (OAJ) campus in Ondipudur.

Source — The Indian Express

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February 27, 2020

China: prison virus loopholes sound alarm to society

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On Friday, a prison in Rencheng, Shandong Province, reported 200 new cases of novel coronavirus infection. Another 27 were reported in Shilifeng prison in Zhejiang Province. These new cases added to a sudden uptick in the nation’s overall number of infected cases, which shouldn’t have happened at all.

Source — Global Times

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February 5, 2020

India: prison system needs urgent reform

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The 2018 statistics on prison must spur the criminal justice system to assess, evaluate and take affirmative steps.

Source — Hindustan Times

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February 5, 2020

Nepal: Udayapur prison bursting at the seams

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Inmates at Udayapur District Prison are facing a hard time as it houses four times more number of inmates than its capacity.

Source — The Himalayan Times

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February 5, 2020

India: prison rule stands in way of quick hanging

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NEW DELHI: A proviso in the revised 2018 Delhi Prison Manual now stands between the timely execution of the four Nirbhaya convicts on February 1 and the possibility of a further delay.

Source — Times Of India

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January 10, 2020

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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

January 3, 2020

India: Kerala capital gets first beauty parlour run by inmates of Poojapura Central Prison

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The initiative is part of the various rehabilitation programmes taken up by the Prison Department for the prisoners.

Source — The New Indian Express

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January 2, 2020

India: Shivamogga central prison to soon get digital library

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The Central Prison in Shivamogga will soon have a digital library on its campus. The jail is already home to a library which has a collection of over 10,000 books.

Source — New Indian Express

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December 27, 2019

China: inside Christmas card, a girl finds plea from Chinese prison laborers

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A 6-year-old found the note in London while writing Christmas cards to her classmates. “Forced to work against our will,” the message read.

Source — New York Times

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December 27, 2019

Nepal: Banke District Prison in sorry state

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Banke District Prison in Nepalgunj sub-metropolis is in a sorry state for want of sound management and amenities. The physical infrastructure of the prison which was established in 1943, leaves much to be desired. The buildings and the walls of the prison are very old and the environment of the prison…

Source — The Himalayan Times

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December 18, 2019

Uzbekistan: Jaslyk – Uzbekistan’s infamous prison

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Journalist Muhammad Bekjanov was imprisoned in Jaslyk during the 18 years he spent in Uzbek jails. He speaks to Lucy Burns along with independent human rights observer Acacia Shields.

Source — BBC

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December 18, 2019

Russia: transgender woman in Russia faces hard time in men's prison

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Michelle had no idea that the erotic anime images she posted on social media years ago could land her in an all-male prison and endanger her life.

Source — Radio Free Europe

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December 18, 2019

Malaysia: eight AIDS-related deaths recorded in Kajang Prison as of October, says deputy director

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Eight AIDS-related deaths have been recorded involving male inmates of Kajang Prison as of October this year, said its superintendent Shollehin Dahari.

Source — Malay Mail

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December 12, 2019

China: el mayor carcelero de periodistas en el mundo

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December 10, 2019

Sight — 7/12

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

December 9, 2019

China: state claims all Uighur Muslims have happily 'graduated' from its oppressive prison camp system, despite widespread reports that at least 1 million are detained

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China has imprisoned at least 1 million Uighur Muslims in prison-like detention camps in the western Xinjiang region, according to numerous activists and researchers.

Source — Business Insider

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November 29, 2019

France: 20 détenus pourront être indemnisés en raison de l’indignité de leurs conditions de détention

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November 24, 2019

China: data leak reveals how China 'brainwashes' Uighurs in prison camps

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Leaked documents detail for the first time China’s systematic brainwashing of hundreds of thousands of Muslims in a network of high-security prison camps.

Source — BBC

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November 20, 2019

Pakistan: 18 years in a death cell despite his innocence

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Safeer was sentenced to death. He served 18 years and has now been released on bail to await his Supreme Court appeal. Excerpts. Read more

November 19, 2019

Indonésia: dans la prison de Serge Atlaoui, condamné à mort

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