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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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Arabia Saudí: líderes del G20, no se dejen engañar. Las verdaderas agentes del cambio están en la cárcel

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Women Middle East Access to legal rights Justice Health Protest Torture Violence Saudi Arabia

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United States: California law is step forward but fails to guarantee safety for trans prisoners

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North America Women Access to legal rights Justice Health Mental health Material conditions Violence United States
Syiaah Skylit has been imprisoned in California since 2015. Despite multiple requests to be placed in a women’s prison, Skylit, a Black trans woman, has always been incarcerated in the state’s men’s prisons. There, she has faced attacks by incarcerated men as well as sexual abuse and retaliation by prison…

Source — Truthout

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France : "ils sont surveillés de près"

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Europe Justice Violence Rehabilitation Religion France

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Tchad : prison secrète de l’ANS, des détenus racontent les sévices subis

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Africa Access to legal rights Justice Health Torture Violence Chad

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Bielorrusia: mas autoridades impulsan actuaciones penales masivas contra cientos de manifestantes pacíficos

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Europe Access to legal rights Justice Protest Violence Belarus

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Nigeria: security operatives kill 18 inmates in Warri prison after jailbreak

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Africa Access to legal rights Discipline Health Material conditions Protest Overcrowding Violence Nigeria
Not less than 18 persons have been killed following a jailbreak that happened at Okere Correctional Service (formerly prison), Warri, Delta State last Thursday. The jailbreak led to the freeing of many inmates with the arms service also killing some inmates in the process. SaharaReporters had published…

Source — Sahara reporters

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United States: advocates file complaint over Texas youth prison conditions

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North America Minors Access to legal rights Justice Mental health Material conditions Violence United States
Detainees in Texas’ juvenile prisons suffer from frequent physical and sexual abuse, inadequate mental healthcare and high rates of staff turnover, two youth advocacy groups wrote in a federal complaint Wednesday. The rights of the hundreds of youths detained in five secure facilities around the state…

Source — San Francisco Chronicle

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United States: conditions at South Carolina juvenile facility unconstitutional

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North America Minors Access to legal rights Justice Mental health Material conditions Violence United States
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued notice on February 5, 2020 that it has found the “totality of the conditions, practices, and incidents” it discovered at Broad River Road Complex (BRRC), South Carolina’s long-term juvenile commitment facility, violated the juveniles’ Fourteenth Amendment rights. After…

Source — Prison legal news

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Estados Unidos: informes profundamente alarmantes sobre esterilización forzosa de mujeres detenidas por el ICE

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North America Women Foreign prisoners Access to legal rights Torture Violence United States

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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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Biélorussie : les protestataires libérés racontent les tortures en prison

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Europe Torture Violence Belarus

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France: Tensions à la prison de Borgo en Corse

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Europe Protest Violence France

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France: Plus d’un tiers des 1400 djihadistes en prison en Europe sont détenus sur le territoire

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Europe Facilities Violence France

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Colombia: 285 casos de discriminación a población LGBTI en prisión en 2019

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South America LGBTI Violence Colombia

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Argentina: la Provincia firmará un convenio con Naciones Unidas para mejorar las cárceles bonaerenses

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South America Violence Rehabilitation Work Argentina

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