Health

February 26, 2020

Mexico: el 80 por ciento de cárceles yucatecas carece de médicos

News

Central America and the Caribbean Health Mexico

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February 25, 2020

France: la justice ordonne des travaux d’urgence à Nouméa, où la "situation est alarmante"

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Europe Justice Health Overcrowding France

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February 12, 2020

Changing the prison system: the role of information

Interview

Africa Minors Health Overcrowding

It can be difficult to collect data on prisons. Few people have direct access to it. Carole Berrih explains the necessity of access to quality information. Read more

February 12, 2020

Syria: dans une prison avec les jihadistes

News

Foreign prisoners Middle East Health Overcrowding

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February 10, 2020

France: femmes détenues et inégalités dans la population carcérale

News

North America Women Minors Europe Health France

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February 5, 2020

India: prison system needs urgent reform

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Women Asia Foreign prisoners Health Overcrowding India

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

Egypt: "Someone is sick guard", leaked audio

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Africa Health Egypt

Inmates are kept in overcrowded, dirty cells without ventilation and are given insufficient food.

Source — Middle East Monitor

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January 31, 2020

Canada: “prisoners' health is public health”

Interview

North America Health Canada

Incarcerated persons are at substantially higher risk of getting infected with HIV and HCV. The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network develops actions to prevent these infections inside and outside of prison. PI asked them three questions. Read more

January 21, 2020

Democratic Republic of Congo: 11 morts en une semaine dans la plus grande prison de Kinshasa

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Africa Health Overcrowding Congo - Kinshasa

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January 15, 2020

Democratic Republic of Congo: à Kinshasa, onze morts dans l’enfer de la prison de Makala

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Africa Health Congo - Kinshasa

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December 27, 2019

USA: prison system faces federal lawsuit over opioid treatment limits

News

North America Health United States

Massachusetts’ prison system faces a federal lawsuit challenging how it provides inmates with opioid addiction medications.

Source — Boston News

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December 27, 2019

Zimbabwe : water, power woes dog prison

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Africa Health Zimbabwe

INMATES and officers at Marondera Prison are sitting on a ticking health time bomb, as they have gone for close to two weeks drinking water from unprotected sources after a pump broke down.

Source — The Herald

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December 27, 2019

USA: Trump makes the most important anti-hunger programm harder to access for people leaving prison

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North America Justice Health United States

Under a new rule announced yesterday, the Trump administration expects to slash 688,000 from the rolls of people receiving short-term food assistance.

Source — The Appeal

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December 27, 2019

Ireland: case of brain-damaged man in prison "far from rare"

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Europe Health Ireland

The Director of the Central Mental Hospital has said the case of a brain-damaged homeless man in prison is “far from rare”. Professor Harry Kennedy said there is a caseload of around 250 people in the prisons with severe mental illnesses or disorders. Yesterday, the President of the High Court, Mr…

Source — RTÉ

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December 19, 2019

DRC: Manque d'accès aux soins

Report

Africa Health Congo - Kinshasa

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December 18, 2019

USA: many issues in Delaware's prison health system remain unaddressed, report says

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North America Health United States

Despite years of recommendations focusing on problems in the Delaware Department of Correction’s healthcare system, a report issued Thursday by the state’s largest private healthcare provider found that many have not been addressed. Take a recommendation from the Pew Charitable Trusts in 2017 that found…

Source — Delaware Online

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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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Southeast Asia and Pacific Health Malaysia

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

USA: prison health care costs are higher than ever in Texas. Many point to an aging prison population.

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North America Health United States

Although there are fewer people in prison than there were a decade ago, costs have surged along with the share of inmates who are older — and sicker.

Source — Texas Tribune

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November 21, 2019

Europe: ignoring prison health can come at a cost for public health

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Health

Incarcerated people suffer from poorer health outcomes and limited access to health care, which can impact them and their communities even after release. However, prisoners’ health is not being monitored well, and there is a lack of evidence to inform policy making to improve the health of prison populations.

Source — Health Policy Watch

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November 13, 2019

France: à la prison de la Santé, les détenus les plus défavorisés ont faim

News

Europe Health France

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November 1, 2019

UK: mental health act: calls to end "horrific" detention of young people with autism

News

Europe Health United Kingdom

“It has been left to the media and desperate, anguished parents to expose the brutal reality of our system of detention of people with learning disabilities or autism.”

Source — Huffigton Post

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September 24, 2019

France: prisons and mental health

Interview

Europe Health France

People with mental illness are over represented in the prison population. This group is particularly vulnerable and subjected to violence and abuse. Prison psychiatry is a sector that has undergone significant changes lately, in France and elsewhere. Where do we stand right now? In July 2014, Adeline… Read more

September 10, 2019

New Zealand: measles lockdown - prisoners isolated, babies quarantined over fears disease has hit women's prison

News

Women Oceania Health New Zealand

Prisoners have been isolated and babies put into quarantine at Auckland Region Women’s Corrections Facility over fears of a measles outbreak. On Tuesday night, Corrections informed Newshub there were concerns three female prisoners had been exposed to measles. They will remain isolated until their immunity…

Source — Newshub

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July 29, 2019

Australia: juvenile prison guards strip searches cause mental health problems, former inmates claim

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Oceania Health Australia

Children as young as 10 years old are being routinely strip searched in juvenile detention in NSW with minimal or no contraband found, according to new data.

Source — ABC

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