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September 15, 2020

Biélorussie : les protestataires libérés racontent les tortures en prison

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Europe Torture Violence Belarus

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September 8, 2020

Brazil: disregard for life

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Coronavirus South America Health Violence Brazil

With more than 700,000 prisoners, the ailing prison system has been thrown into turmoil by the ongoing political disorder and the health crisis caused by Covid-19. What is the future for prisons in Brazil, and what are the main challenges at present? Read more

July 29, 2020

France: Tensions à la prison de Borgo en Corse

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July 27, 2020

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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July 15, 2020

Pakistan: dragged to Hell

Asia Death penalty Violence Religion Pakistan

Ashraf had his death sentence converted to life imprisonment. He was held during 18 years, and his spiritual life made him hold on to life while incarcerated. This is his story. Read more

July 6, 2020

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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June 17, 2020

Azerbaijan: punished in and out of prison

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Asia Violence Azerbaijan

Political prisoners in Azerbaijan say that they are often subject to harassment and persecution that lasts for years even after their release from jail. Zaur Qurbanli, a member of the NIDA youth movement, was detained in 2013 on charges of carrying a firearm. It was a part of a wave of arrests of individuals…

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June 4, 2020

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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May 28, 2020

Honduras: prison brawl leaves six dead, two injured

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Central America and the Caribbean Protest Violence Honduras

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Six inmates died and two more were injured between Saturday night and Sunday morning in a violent brawl in a Honduran women’s prison home to 835, part of which was set on fire, a prison official said on Sunday. The brawl started on Saturday night in the National Women’s Penitentiary…

Source — Reuters

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May 28, 2020

Mexico: eight inmates killed in prison fight

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Central America and the Caribbean Violence Mexico

PUENTE GRANDE, Mexico (Reuters) - A violent clash at a prison in Mexico’s central state of Jalisco on Friday left eight inmates dead and another eight prisoners hospitalized with injuries, state security officials said. During the incident at a jail in the Puente Grande complex, three people were killed…

Source — Reuters

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May 20, 2020

Colombia: siete horas de angustia en La Modelo

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Coronavirus South America Violence Colombia

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May 19, 2020

Russia: after deadly prison riot in Siberia, officials are tight-lipped as families seek information on survivors

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MOSCOW – It wasn’t until two days after Russian authorities violently suppressed a riot at his prison in Siberia that Kristina Ilinova learned her husband was missing. Yevgeny Ilinov was one of 200 inmates of Corrective Colony No. 15 who mutinied on April 9 in protest of their treatment by guards at…

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May 19, 2020

Guinea: plongée dans l'enfer du camp militaire de Soronkoni

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May 18, 2020

Fiji: ex-officers accuse Fiji's prison commissioner of ordering staff to beat inmates

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Oceania Violence Fiji

Four former prison officers from Fiji are seeking asylum in Australia claiming the prime minister’s brother-in-law, who is the commissioner of the corrections service, routinely ordered the beating and mistreatment of prisoners and at one point ordered them to assault a fellow staff member. Detailed…

Source — The Guardian

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May 14, 2020

UK: Erlestoke Prison inmates self-harmed hundreds of times

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Erlestoke Prison recorded hundreds of self-harm incidents among its inmates last year, figures show. Charity The Howard League for Penal Reform said numbers for England and Wales reveal the “sheer scale of human misery behind bars”. Ministry of Justice data recorded 263 self-harm incidents at HMP Erlestoke…

Source — Swindon Advertiser

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May 13, 2020

Côte d'Ivoire: un journaliste tabassé et menacé de mort pour une enquête sur la prison d'Abidjan

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Africa Violence Côte d’Ivoire

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May 6, 2020

UK: le système pénitentiaire traverse une grave crise, selon le Comité européen anti-torture

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Europe Overcrowding Violence United Kingdom

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May 6, 2020

Venezuela: dozens killed, injured in prison uprising

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Coronavirus South America Material conditions Overcrowding Violence Venezuela

The events in which at least 47 people died and 75 were injured on May 1st in Venezuela’s Los Llanos prison in Guanare, Portuguesa state are an alarming reminder of the awful prison conditions that Venezuela has historically failed to address. Corruption, weak security, deteriorating infrastructure,…

Source — Human Rights Watch

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May 4, 2020

USA: the violent history of Angola prison

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North America Violence United States

The Louisiana State Penitentiary is named after the slave plantation that existed on that land where the prison now stands. Columbia University explains that the plantation took its name from the nation its slaves were taken from: Angola. In 1880, former Confederate Major Samuel James purchased the plantation…

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May 4, 2020

UK: prison officers punching compliant inmates, report says

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Europe Violence United Kingdom

Prison officers are allegedly punching compliant inmates who they suspect might misbehave in the future in a practice known as “preventive strikes”, a European human rights watchdog has said in a damning report on the state of jails in England. A delegation from the European Committee for the Prevention…

Source — The Guardian

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April 30, 2020

Uruguay: 26% de reclusos tienen condiciones "crueles, inhumanas y degradantes"

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South America Torture Violence Uruguay

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April 30, 2020

Chile: los motines también se propagan

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Coronavirus South America Health Protest Violence Chile

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April 24, 2020

USA: inmates at N.J. women’s prison endured years of sex abuse, justice dept. finds

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North America Women Violence United States

WASHINGTON — Inmates at New Jersey’s only state prison for women were regularly sexually assaulted by guards and sometimes forced to engage in sex acts with other prisoners while staff members looked on, according to a Justice Department report released on Monday detailing widespread, pervasive sexual…

Source — The New York Times

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April 24, 2020

Afghanistan: prison chief laments conditions in country's jails

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Asia Health Protest Torture Violence Afghanistan

In unusually frank comments on April 21, Afghanistan’s new prison chief Ahmad Rashid Totakhail complained to journalists about widespread abuses in the country’s prison system. Totakhail described problems ranging from the lack of a comprehensive database on the length of detainees’ sentences to sexual…

Source — Gandhara

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