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France: l’indignité des conditions de détention provisoire comme motif de mise en liberté
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United Kingdom: speed up video calls rollout in prison to ease families’ lockdown anguish
The rollout of secure video calls in prisons should be speeded up to ease the distress of families and their loved ones unable to see each other since the cancellation of social visits, a new briefing by the Prison Reform Trust (PRT) suggests. Based on 278 contributions from families and prisoners…
France : une autre prison est possible
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Turkey: 60 percent of jailed youth return to prison after being released
Recidivism is high among youth criminals in Turkey as more than half of released minors eventually end up back in prison due to a lack of opportunities and support structures upon their release, said the Youth Re-autonomy Foundation of Turkey (TÇYÖV).France: "il y avait 33 clusters en prison au 15 octobre" contre "trois en juin", s’inquiète la nouvelle Contrôleuse générale des prisons
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Argentina: ¿constitucional o no?
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Egipto: cientos de legisladores y legisladoras de la UE y EE. UU. instan al presidente Abdel Fattah al Sisi a que excarcele a presos y presas de conciencia en Egipto
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Arabia Saudí: el Women20 debe exigir la liberación de las activistas saudíes encarceladas
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United States: advocates file complaint over Texas youth prison conditions
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 st…United Kingdom: six out of ten women leaving prison are homeless
A new report from the Safe Homes for Women Leaving Prison initiative exposes a failing system that leaves thousands of women released from UK prisons with £46, a plastic bag, nowhere to live and the threat of a return to custody if they miss their probation appointment. The initiative is a collabor…France: la prison, un milieu difficile pour le travail social
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United States of America: night terrors in prison
Kyle H. has been incarcerated since 2001 and is serving a life sentence. He is held at River North Correctional Center in the state of Virginia. He bravely tells how an ordinary day goes by, when voices cannot stop, and when he becomes a stranger to himself.United States: California kept prison factories open
California’s prison system has taken drastic measures to combat the coronavirus, halting rehab programs, religious services and educational classes. But correctional authorities kept one type of operation running through much of the last six months: prison factories.West Bank: thirty detainees join hunger strike in Ofer prison
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 Wed…Belgique: libérations anticipées et interruptions de peine, plus de 700 détenus sortis de prison lors de la première vague
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France : feu vert à la nomination de Dominique Simonnot comme Contrôleuse générale des prisons
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Argentina: advierten por los riesgos de contagio en las cárceles debido a la sobrepoblación
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Venezuela: denuncian violación de DDHC a reclusos en la subdelegación Cicpc Las Acacias
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Estados Unidos: la paradoja de la pena de muerte
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France: la journaliste Dominique Simonnot nommée contrôleuse générale des prisons
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