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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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España: la violencia de género, tercera causa de ingreso en prisión

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Women Europe Violence Spain

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Italia: Italia investigará sus cárceles tras la difusión de un vídeo que exhibe las palizas de oficiales a los presos

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Europe Torture Violence Italy

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España: la Comunitat tendrá el mayor psiquiátrico penitenciario de España, con 500 internos

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Europe Mental health Material conditions Facilities Spain

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Life imprisonment: a sentence in dire need of reform

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Africa Coronavirus Asia Elderly prisoners Europe Long-term prisoners Oceania Justice Health Mental health Drugs Overcrowding
ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. In this piece, Olivia Rope, Executive Director of Penal Reform International (PRI), discusses life sentences, a key priority… Read more
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Malta: Faculty for Social Wellbeing dean calls for end to solitary confinement in Malta’s prison

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Europe Mental health Material conditions Rehabilitation Malta
The Office of the Dean of the Faculty for Social Wellbeing at the University of Malta has issued a position paper calling for the end to solitary confinement in the country. “The practice of Solitary Confinement has been shown, through multiple empirical research publications, to be detrimental to prisoners’…

Source — Maltatoday

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Rusia: justicia rusa decreta prisión preventiva para Pivovarov a la espera de que se celebre el juicio en su contra

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Pre-trial detention Asia Europe Access to legal rights Russia

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France : en prison, on se suicide dans l’indifférence

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Europe Mental health Suicide Violence France

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Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in ten countries

Africa Pre-trial detention Asia Elderly prisoners Europe Access to legal rights Health Mental health Drugs Material conditions Overcrowding Social ties
The Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR) partnered with Prison Insider to share the results of one of its most extensive research projects. We invite you to learn about it below. The world has seen unprecedented growth in prison populations in recent decades and today well over… Read more
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España: La única cárcel para curas del mundo estaba en Zamora: celdas de 5m², torturas y el método del gusano

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Europe Material conditions Torture Religion Spain

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España: los suicidios en las cárceles aumentan con la pandemia

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Europe Mental health Suicide Spain

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España: ¿Por qué las mujeres son menos del 8% de la población reclusa en España? Así son las cárceles femeninas en nuestro país

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Women Europe Health Spain

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