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United States: the expensive burden of parole, probation unjustly places people in a second prison
When President Donald Trump commuted Alice Marie Johnson’s life sentence in 2018, many observers assumed that the grandmother was fully free. What they didn’t realize at the time was that Johnson, who was convicted of a first-time, nonviolent drug offense, still wore the “invisible shackle” of prob…
United States: can Kentucky keep charging prisoners for their jail stay if they are found not guilty?
Kentucky State law allows county jails to charge prisoners a daily fee during their stay while fighting their case. But what happens when the person is found not guilty of the charges and gets released? According to a February 14, 2020 ruling by the Kentucky Court of Appeals, even if the state thro…
France : à quand un nouveau contrôleur général des lieux de privation de liberté ?
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France: punaises de lit, moisissures, surpopulation, le calvaire à la prison de Perpignan
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Colombia: Corte Constitucional avala sin muchos cambios el decreto de cárceles
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Spain: la realidad de las cárceles en la pandemia, cuando los datos esconden la verdad
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Colombia: denuncian falta de médicos y más coronavirus en cárceles
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Cambodia: ONG exigen que cumpla su promesa de liberar a 10.000 presos
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Costa Rica: Justicia confirma tres casos más del virus en cárceles
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France : Lutte contre le terrorisme, les bons et mauvais points de la Cour des comptes pour la justice
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Australia: Hepatitis C outbreak ignites debate on needle exchange in Queensland correctional centres
Pressure is mounting on the Queensland Government to implement Needle and Syringe Programs (NSPs) in the state’s correctional centres amid an outbreak of hepatitis C at a Far North Queensland prison.