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West Bank: thirty detainees join hunger strike in Ofer prison

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Middle East Access to legal rights Justice Health Protest Palestinian Territories
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that thirty detainees held in Ofer Israeli detention center has launched a hunger strike in solidarity with Maher al-Akhras, who continues his strike for the 80th consecutive day. The PPS stated that the thirty detainees started the strike on Wednesday,…

Source — IMEMC news

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Argentina: advierten por los riesgos de contagio en las cárceles debido a la sobrepoblación

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Coronavirus South America Access to legal rights Health Material conditions Overcrowding Argentina

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Venezuela: denuncian violación de DDHC a reclusos en la subdelegación Cicpc Las Acacias

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Pre-trial detention South America Access to legal rights Justice Health Mental health Material conditions Overcrowding Social ties Venezuela

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France: des kits d'hygiène féminine distribués gratuitement aux détenues de la maison d'arrêt de Nîmes

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Women Europe Access to legal rights Health France

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United States: prison labor is on the frontlines of the covid-19 pandemic

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Coronavirus North America Access to legal rights Health Material conditions Rehabilitation Work United States
As record-shattering wildfires rage throughout California, the state’s incarcerated population is doing the backbreaking work at the front lines. They plow fire lines and battle blazes, for $1 an hour, plus reduced prison time—a program that saves the state tens of millions of dollars annually. While…

Source — The Appeal

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Venezuela: los "pures" caen presos mientras intentan sobrevivirI

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South America Elderly prisoners Access to legal rights Health Material conditions Social ties Venezuela

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France : le sport en prison, "c'est le seul moyen pour s'évader"

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Culture Europe Health Mental health France

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El Salvador: el caso de Cindy Erazo y qué supone su liberación para otras 18 mujeres condenadas por la estricta ley contra la interrupción del embarazo

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Coronavirus Central America and the Caribbean Women Long-term prisoners Access to legal rights Justice Health El Salvador

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Chile: ordenan mejoras en la cárcel de Valdivia

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South America Health Material conditions Overcrowding Chile

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United States: nearly 1,000 inmates, more than 200 staff in Wisconsin prisons have tested positive for coronavirus

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Coronavirus North America Health United States
After nearly flattening for about three months, positive coronavirus tests in Wisconsin prisons are back on the rise at rates worse than ever. More than 600 inmates in state-run prisons tested positive for coronavirus in the past month, bringing the total to 953 since the beginning of the pandemic. Further,…

Source — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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Australia: prisoner advocates call for abolition of 'discriminatory' voting restrictions as inmates prepare to cast vote in state election for the first time

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Coronavirus Pre-trial detention Access to legal rights Oceania Health Material conditions Overcrowding Rehabilitation Australia
Prior to the legislative changes that came into effect in January, Queensland had the most restrictive prisoner voting laws in the country, with inmates barred from participating in state or local government elections. Now, prisoners serving sentences of less than three years will be given the power…

Source — ABC

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Lebanon: the largest prison grapples with alarming covid-19 outbreak

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Coronavirus Middle East Health Material conditions Overcrowding Lebanon
Lebanon’s largest prison on Thursday was grappling with an alarming coronavirus outbreak, as many inmates refused to take preventative measures or get tested under the impression that catching the virus could speed up their release as part of a rumored general amnesty, the head of the country’s doctors…

Source — Daily Sabah

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Liban: plus de 200 cas de covid-19 dans la principale prison du pays

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Coronavirus Middle East Health Material conditions Overcrowding Lebanon

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Ouganda: vaste chasse à l'homme pour retrouver 200 prisonniers échappés

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Africa Coronavirus Health Protest Uganda

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Venezuela: deaths inside prisons doubled during pandemic

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Central America and the Caribbean Pre-trial detention Health Protest Overcrowding Violence Venezuela
Inmate deaths have doubled in Venezuela’s jails during the coronavirus pandemic, a crisis that underscores how the country’s anarchic prisons foment violence and spread disease. Between March and August of 2020, 287 prisoners died in prisons and police holding cells, a jump from the 137 during the same…

Source — InSight Crime

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Nicaragua: mujeres trans hablan desde las prisiones durante la COVID-19

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Central America and the Caribbean Women LGBTI Access to legal rights Justice Health Material conditions Nicaragua

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