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Americas: coronavirus, prison fever / 2021

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Coronavirus: Prison Fever / 2021

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Europe: coronavirus, prison fever / 2021

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Coronavirus Europe Health Material conditions Protest

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Oceania: coronavirus, prison fever

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Coronavirus Oceania Health Material conditions Protest

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Middle East: coronavirus, prison fever / 2021

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Coronavirus Middle East Health Material conditions Protest

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Africa: coronavirus, prison fever / 2021

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Africa Coronavirus Health Material conditions Protest

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France : les suicides à la prison marseillaise des Baumettes ne sont pas une fatalité

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Europe Justice Health Mental health Suicide Violence France

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France: les détenus étrangers sous-protégés, notamment dans les Outre-mer, selon l’Observatoire international des prisons

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Foreign prisoners Europe Access to legal rights Justice Health Material conditions Overcrowding France

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United States: prisons shouldn’t be charging medical co-pays, especially during a pandemic

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Coronavirus North America Access to legal rights Health United States
Despite a record number of new COVID-19 cases in prisons this month, some state departments of correction are already starting to roll back necessary suspensions of medical co-pays. Prior to the pandemic, most prison systems charged incarcerated people between $2 and $5 for each medical appointment —…

Source — Prison Policy Initiative

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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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France : indignité des conditions de détention et pressions subies par un détenu de la prison de Nanterre. Le Conseil d'Etat tacle l'administration.

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Europe Access to legal rights Justice Health Material conditions France

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Egipto: estremecedor aumento de las ejecuciones revela profunda crisis de derechos humanos

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Africa Access to legal rights Justice Health Death penalty Torture Violence Egypt

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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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Belgique : "on est revenu en pleine seconde vague à un taux de surpopulation assez élevé"

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Coronavirus Culture Europe Access to legal rights Discipline Justice Health Mental health Overcrowding Activities Social ties Belgium

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United States: prisons are Covid-19 hotbeds. When should inmates get the vaccine?

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Coronavirus North America Health Overcrowding United States
They live in crowded conditions, sharing bathrooms and eating facilities where social distancing is impossible. They have high rates of asthma, diabetes and heart disease. Many struggle with mental illness. A disproportionate number are Black and Hispanic, members of minority communities that have been…

Source — The New York Times

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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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Mexico: prisons, the permanent war of Covid-19

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Coronavirus Access to legal rights Health Material conditions Overcrowding Social ties Mexico
“Fighting for the law, against the penitentiary system, it’s like fighting a monster.” Decided of her conviction is the wife of an incarcerated person currently confined in Centro Varonil de Seguridad Penitenciaria I (CEVASEP I), just north of Mexico City. Her husband, falsely accused of kidnaping, has…

Source — Open democracy

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République démocratique du Congo : des femmes détenues violées lors des émeutes à la prison de Lubumbashi

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Africa Women Justice Health Mental health Violence Congo - Kinshasa

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Cuba: Amnistía Internacional pide la liberación de dos presos de conciencia de San Isidro

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Central America and the Caribbean Access to legal rights Justice Health Cuba

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Arabia Saudí: Loujain al-Hathloul debe ser liberada sin condiciones

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Women Middle East Access to legal rights Justice Health Mental health Protest Saudi Arabia

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France: l’épidémie de Covid est entrée en prison

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Coronavirus Europe Health Mental health Material conditions Overcrowding Social ties France

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Russia: former political prisoner takes Russia to court over torture conditions in Crimean prison

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Asia Access to legal rights Justice Health Material conditions Torture Violence Russia
Hearings have begun in occupied Crimea into the lawsuit brought by Kazim Ametov against Russia’s penitentiary service and police over the inhuman conditions he was held prisoner in for over two years. The chances of a Russian-controlled “court” finding in favour of the former political prisoner are remote,…

Source — The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group

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