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France : covid-19 dans les prisons, la Contrôleure générale alerte sur les conditions sanitaires
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France : pas de congés payés pour les détenus qui travaillent, tranche le Conseil d'État
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Más de 2.300 localidades de todo el mundo participan en Ciudades por la Vida contra la pena de muerte
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France : la fin annoncée des CRP pour les auteurs de violences contre les policiers
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France : journées nationales prison 2020
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France: l’épidémie de Covid est entrée en prison
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Etats-Unis: peine de mort, l’administration Trump poursuit les exécutions malgré sa défaite
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Russia: former political prisoner takes Russia to court over torture conditions in Crimean prison
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…Ireland: prison service to spend €1.6m on bras, underwear for inmates
The Irish Prison Service (IPS) is set to spend more than €1.6m on bras, underwear, anoraks, and other items of clothing for inmates over the next three years. Nighties, dressing gowns, and tracksuits are among 30 categories of clothing sought by the IPS in an invitation for tenders. The successful…Belgique : "on a tous droit à un peu d'affection"
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Belgique : une délégation profite de la visite du roi Philippe pour dénoncer des "conditions indignes"
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Argentina: cárceles solidarias, presas hicieron y donaron 180 pelucas para pacientes oncológicos
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España: el protocolo antisuicidios en las cárceles
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España: el psiquiátrico penitenciario de Fontcalent se queda sin psiquiatras
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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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United Kingdom: CT child advocate report, adult prison system is no place for minors
The 18-year-old didn’t want to be in jail, he told Department of Correction officials one day in 2019, as he covered the window in his cell with a sheet and mattress. He wanted to be with his family. He was being held in a “Restrictive Housing Unit” at Manson Youth Institution in Cheshire, confined…
United States: the role of plant-based food in the prison system
British prisons and jails must provide for vegan inmates by law; as of January this year, veganism is an explicitly protected belief under the Equality Act 2010, the same as religious beliefs. This protection is not absolute, nor does veganism have legal protection everywhere in the world. In the U…United States: California law is step forward but fails to guarantee safety for trans prisoners
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…Colombia : las cuentas del Inpec tras ocho meses de pandemia en las cárceles
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