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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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Inde : Covid et prison, la vie carcérale pour ces femmes oubliées de la pandémie

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Coronavirus Women Asia Material conditions India

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Dubai: temor por la seguridad de Sheikha Latifa tras los mensajes que revelan su situación de “rehén”

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Women Middle East Torture Violence United Arab Emirates

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España: décadas sin respuesta a miles de denuncias de desaparición forzada, apropiación y/o sustitución de identidad de niños y niñas

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Women Europe Access to legal rights Violence Spain

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Arabia Saudí: la sentencia que confirma la declaración de culpabilidad de Loujain al Hathloul, una terrible injusticia

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Women Middle East Access to legal rights Justice Saudi Arabia

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Polonia: la absolución de las mujeres del halo arcoíris pone en evidencia tácticas de intimidación contra activistas

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Pre-trial detention Women Europe LGBTI Access to legal rights Poland

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New Zealand: treatment at Auckland women's prison 'degrading' and 'inhumane' - judge

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Women Access to legal rights Oceania Justice Material conditions Violence New Zealand
Corrections broke its own rules and regulations multiple times in its treatment of Mihi Bassett and Karma Cripps, who were gassed in their cells and forced to perform a humiliating ritual to be fed, Manukau District Court Judge David McNaughton says. His ruling also confirms the women had to remove…

Source — Rnz

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Arabia Saudí: la liberación de la defensora de los derechos de las mujeres Loujain al Hathloul llega con mucho retraso

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Women Middle East Access to legal rights Torture Violence Saudi Arabia

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

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South America Women LGBTI Access to legal rights Social ties Chile

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Chile: mientras los malls se llenan, mujeres privadas de libertad llevan 9 meses de pandemia sin ver a sus hijas e hijos

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South America Women Social ties Chile

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France: mon Noël en prison, au temps de la Covid-19

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Coronavirus Culture Women Europe Material conditions Social ties France

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Arabia Saudí: la sentencia de Loujain al-Hathloul, parcialmente suspendida, sigue siendo cruel

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Women Middle East Access to legal rights Justice Protest Torture Violence Saudi Arabia

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Arabie Saoudite : la militante Loujain al-Hathloul "n'aurait jamais dû être arrêtée ni mise en prison", affirme Amnesty International

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Women Middle East Access to legal rights Justice Protest Torture Violence Saudi Arabia

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Chine : l’UE demande la libération "immédiate" de la "journaliste citoyenne" Zhang Zhan

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Women Asia Access to legal rights Justice Protest Torture Violence China

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Chine : les autorités confirment la détention de Gulshan Abbas, femme médecin ouïghoure, pour "terrorisme"

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Women Asia Long-term prisoners Access to legal rights Justice Protest China

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United States: new documentary released on forced sterilizations of female prisoners

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North America Women Access to legal rights Justice Health Torture Violence United States
The “freedom-loving” U.S. has been practicing the forced sterilization of its least desirable citizens since the early twentieth century. It is conservatively estimated that over 60,000 American citizens suffered this procedure until it was supposedly abolished little by little, state by state, in the…

Source — Prison Legal News

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United States: trans inmate wins federal case to get gender affirming surgery

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North America Women LGBTI Access to legal rights Justice United States
Nicole Rose Campbell was diagnosed with gender dysphoria prior to going to Racine Correctional Institute, a medium-security men’s state prison in Wisconsin. She was “permitted to receive hormone treatments, counseling, and even allowed to wear some women’s clothing” since starting her sentence, but was…

Source — LGBTQ Nation

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India: from segregation to labour, Manu’s caste law governs the prison system

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Culture Women Asia Access to legal rights Justice Religion Work India
Caste-based labour, in fact, is sanctioned in the prison manuals of many states. The colonial texts of the late 19th century have barely seen any amendments, and caste-based labour remains an untouched part of these manuals. While every state has its own unique prison manual, they are mostly based on…

Source — The Wire

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France : en Bretagne, des protections gratuites dans les prisons contre la précarité menstruelle

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Culture Women Europe Access to legal rights Justice Health Material conditions France

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United States: reproductive justice prison system

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North America Women Access to legal rights Health Mental health Material conditions Violence Social ties United States
The United States imprisons the most women in the world. Across the United States, approximately 200,000 women are incarcerated—nearly an 800 percent increase since 1980. Women of color are disproportionately affected by the criminal justice system. In 2017, twice as many Black women and 1.3 times as…

Source — New Security Beat

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India: NCRB to include transpersons as separate category in prison statistics, Delhi HC told

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Coronavirus Women Asia Access to legal rights Justice India
The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has agreed to include transgender as a separate category in the gender classification of prisoners in their annual publication of prison statistics 2020, it informed the Delhi High Court on Monday. Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma told a Division Bench…

Source — Times now

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Turquie : vingt ans après ma libération

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Women Middle East Long-term prisoners Access to legal rights Justice Mental health Turkey

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