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March 18, 2020

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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 04/06/20 Read more

June 4, 2020

Mexico: “salí de una cárcel para ir a otra”, testimonio de un preso liberado por la pandemia

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June 4, 2020

Latin America: como evitar brotes de coronavirus en las cárceles

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June 4, 2020

Latin America: la desesperación en las cárceles frente al Covid-19

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June 4, 2020

Chile: la pandemia en las cárceles, riesgo de contagio de la población penal es 6 veces más alto

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June 3, 2020

Russia: le mystère de la faible propagation du coronavirus dans les prisons

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May 29, 2020

France: crise du Covid-19, une occasion historique pour les prisons

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May 28, 2020

USA: how to hide a covid-19 hotspot? Pretend prisoners don’t exist

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Officials in Santa Barbara County, California, wanted to start reopening the local economy as the state’s coronavirus epidemic began to ease. But they had a problem. This coastal county, known for its vineyards and stunning ocean views, is also home to the Lompoc Federal Correctional Complex, which has…

Source — The Marshall Project

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May 28, 2020

USA: when parole doesn’t mean release, the senseless “program requirements” keeping people behind bars during a pandemic

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With public health officials and criminal justice reform advocates urging prisons to reduce their populations, people who have already been approved for release should be the first to return to their communities and families. Instead, thousands of them are waiting behind bars — where social distancing…

Source — Prison Policy

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May 28, 2020

France: la reprise des parloirs, très encadrée, laisse détenus et familles "frustrés"

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May 28, 2020

France: ce que le confinement nous a fait vivre doit nous interroger sur la prison

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May 27, 2020

USA: cleaning supplies are so scarce at this arizona prison, detainees are using shampoo and menstrual pads, lawsuit says

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No one seems to be cleaning the phones at CoreCivic’s correctional complex in Florence, Arizona, Maria Guadalupe Lucero-Gonzalez said—so she wipes them down with wet menstrual pads before she calls her loved ones. It’s been almost a year since the 50-year-old mother of three was convicted of illegal…

Source — The Appeal

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May 27, 2020

USA: COVID-19 takes a hidden toll behind bars

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COVID-19 is spreading rapidly in U.S. jails and prisons, but testing of inmates and staff remains spotty and many confirmed cases are going unreported. The resulting lack of data has deep implications for the fight against the virus, because prison outbreaks can move easily to surrounding communities. When…

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May 27, 2020

USA: 'people are sick all around me', inside the coronavirus catastrophe in California prisons

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Prisoners and advocates told the Guardian that some infected inmates are in isolation without medical care or adequate food, cut off from family and attorneys

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May 27, 2020

Canada: décès d’un autre prisonnier, les proches des détenus lancent un appel à l’aide

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May 20, 2020

USA: a nation of prisons and pandemics

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The United States Penitentiary Canaan holds about 1,300 people. Qwantay A. is one of them. He has been incarcerated for 16 years and will be released in 2034. He drew some parallels between the coronavirus pandemic and mass incarceration, and shared his thoughts with Prison Insider. Read more

May 20, 2020

Spain: el coronavirus acaba con las muertes por sobredosis en las cárceles

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May 20, 2020

Paraguay: reo y su pareja, a cuarentena tras cada encuentro íntimo

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May 19, 2020

USA: filling the maternal-care gap

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Triona Carter’s birth of her first son, in a county jail in Alabama, was “one of the most hurtful things to ever go through.” The pain was both physical and emotional. She was “handcuffed to the bed,” aware that she would soon be separated from her child. “[I was] holding him, knowing that I don’t know…

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May 19, 2020

France: retrouver la liberté pendant le confinement, "il y avait une ressemblance avec mon quotidien en prison"

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May 19, 2020

Togo: mutinerie à la sinistre prison de Lomé

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May 14, 2020

South America: al borde del colapso por la pandemia

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May 13, 2020

France: dans les prisons aussi, le droit à la santé doit être garanti

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May 13, 2020

France: déconfinement, une galère pour l'administration pénitentiaire

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