Health

September 20, 2022

Iran : humanitaire belge arrêté : la famille dénonce des conditions de détention "indignes"

News

Middle East Health Material conditions Iran

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September 5, 2022

España: el déficit de médicos en las cárceles se agudiza: menos de 200 sanitarios para 55.000 presos

News

Europe Health Spain

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September 1, 2022

COVID-19: what’s next?

Opinion

Coronavirus Health

After two years of regular updates, Prison Insider has decided to end the coverage in its newsfeed dedicated to the coronavirus in prison. We continue, and will continue, to provide updates on this topic through news, testimonies and themed features. Read more

July 12, 2022

España: la sanidad privada entra en cinco cárceles por la falta de médicos penitenciarios

News

Europe Health Spain

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July 4, 2022

Canada: "a drop in the ocean"

Interview

Coronavirus North America Health Facilities Overcrowding Canada

“Since prisons are such confined and notoriously unsanitary places, vaccinating the prisoners was an urgent matter. At the very least, vaccinating the oldest and most vulnerable among them was a top priority.” Read more

June 14, 2022

South Africa: prison abortions — women behind bars endure plethora of obstacles

News

Women Health South Africa

Prison policies in South Africa need to be changed in terms of women’s choice of termination rights. Read more

June 2, 2022

Nepal: “There are prisons inside prisons”

Interview

Asia Health Material conditions Overcrowding Nepal

What is going on inside Nepalese prisons? No one can say for sure. But basic human rights such as access to water and healthcare are rarely respected, and violence is everywhere. Here is an overview of the situation. Read more

May 16, 2022

Sénégal : prison de camp pénal et de Kaolack, 15 détenus en grève de la faim

News

Africa Health Material conditions Senegal

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April 28, 2022

Nigeria: Coverup in Nigerian Prison As TB Hits, Kills Several Inmates

News

Africa Health Nigeria

At least 20 inmates have died of pulmonary tuberculosis and about a hundred suffered the infection in the old Katsina custodial centre, insiders have told PREMIUM TIMES. They described the incident as an effect of corruption and a “shockingly poor” state of hygiene and health services in the 104-ye…

Source — All Africa

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April 28, 2022

Liban : Les prisonniers de Roumieh s'automutilent pour alerter sur la détérioration de leur situation

News

Middle East Health Mental health Material conditions Lebanon

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April 28, 2022

Afghanistan: Over 1,200 drug addicts being treated at Herat prison

News

Middle East Health Mental health Afghanistan

More than 1,200 drug addicts are being treated at a state prison in the western province of Herat, local officials said. The drug users are being treated by governmental institutions in cooperation with private sector companies. The drug users said they were grateful about their treatment. “I am v…

Source — Tolo News

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April 21, 2022

Cameroun : l’épidémie de choléra dans les prisons inquiète l’opposition

News

Africa Health Material conditions Cameroon

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April 21, 2022

Iran : des détenus malades qu’on abandonne

News

Middle East Health Material conditions Iran

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March 23, 2022

Chile: Corte Suprema ratifica exigencia de médico/a las 24 horas en la Cárcel de Mujeres de San Miguel

News

Women South America Health Chile

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March 23, 2022

Bolivia: Buses médicos parquearán en cárceles y hogares

News

South America Health Bolivia

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March 7, 2022

Switzerland: the role of forensic psychiatric expertise

Interview

Europe Access to legal rights Justice Health Mental health Switzerland

Psychiatric expertise has grown in the last few years, especially in assessing recidivism risk. Can risk really be predicted? Interview. Read more

February 24, 2022

France: Psychiatry at the service of security

Interview

Europe Health Mental health Suicide France

Fresnes, Fleury-Mérogis, la Santé: for 25 years, Cyrille Canetti witnessed the shift of prison psychiatry. (Critical) interview about psychiatry and prison. Read more

February 24, 2022

Ukraine: The prison population should be included in evacuation plans

News

Europe Justice Health Violence Ukraine

A Ukrainian organisation defending human rights shares its concerns regarding the situation of prisoners.

Source — OMCT

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January 18, 2022

Years in the Row

Analysis Comparative study

Africa Women Asia Minors Europe Foreign prisoners Discipline Health Mental health Drugs Material conditions Overcrowding Death penalty Torture

Some people fear death every morning. Others are sentenced to death in countries that no longer carry out executions. At least 483 executions were documented in 2020. Prison Insider publishes an overview of practices in nine countries that have not abolished the death penalty. Read more

January 6, 2022

Austria: Final destination, Göllersdorf

Investigations

Coronavirus Europe Health Mental health Social ties Rehabilitation Austria

In a tiny village in Lower Austria lies one of the country’s “special institutions for mentally abnormal, unsound offenders”. Journalist Sarah Yolanda Koss dives into the everyday life of those imprisoned in the Göllersdorfer castle. Read more

December 14, 2021

How Europe’s prisons have fared in the Covid-19 pandemic

Analysis

Coronavirus Europe Health Overcrowding

Prisons make fertile breeding grounds for viruses, yet administrations have revealed little about Covid-19 cases, deaths and vaccinations in Europe’s prisons. Data from 32 countries show the pandemic’s impact on prisons

Source — European Data Journalism Network

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December 9, 2021

El Salvador es responsable por la detención, condena y muerte de una mujer que sufrió una emergencia obstétrica

News

Central America and the Caribbean Women Health El Salvador

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November 23, 2021

DRC: Lack of Access to Healthcare

Report

Africa Health Material conditions Suicide Overcrowding Congo - Kinshasa

The Congolese Prison Observatory published a report in December 2019. It reported six deaths and one suicide attempt that year within this prison.

Source — Observatoire Congolais des Prisons

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November 22, 2021

Myanmar: In Myanmar’s Insein Prison, inmates shared bath water and were denied medical care

News

Coronavirus Asia Health Material conditions Myanmar (Burma)

Activists have endured dismal conditions while detained in Myanmar’s notorious Insein Prison since the military seized power in a coup, according to a former detainee, who said that she survived COVID-19 and other illnesses in the facility and remains haunted by her experience despite being release…

Source — Radio Free Asia

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