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Colombia: en Barranquilla hay 47 presos con COVID-19 en cárceles del Inpec
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Uruguay: cárcel de máxima seguridad, del “Compromiso por el País” a la propuesta del Gobierno
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Uruguay: controlaron revuelta en la cárcel de Punta de Rieles tras requisa masiva
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Europe: le confinement a réduit la surpopulation carcérale
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Spain: el Congreso exige al Gobierno una auditoría de las condiciones de las mujeres en prisión
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Global Prison Trends 2020
Over 11 million people are held in prisons worldwide. Many face substandard detention conditions. Sentences keep getting longer, in underfunded justice systems. PRI has published its annual report on the state of prisons and the use of imprisonment: Global Prison Trends 2020.Uruguay: 8 de cada 10 presas consumen drogas según una encuesta relevada en 17 cárceles
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Spain: ¿te imaginas cómo es la desescalada en una cárcel de Castellón?
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El Salvador: pandilleros rivales intentan convivir en cárcel
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USA: los ayuntamientos gastan lo mismo en Policía y cárceles que en sanidad y hospitales
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UK: trans and in prison during a pandemic, a rare glimpse behind bars
Overcrowded, confined spaces are a nightmare for the spread of coronavirus. This makes prisons a potential hotspot for the disease. Despite this, most researchers who study prisons have been locked out of them at this crucial time. In the UK, the prison and probation service has halted primary rese…
USA: après 17 ans d’interruption, les exécutions fédérales reprennent
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France: à Guéret, les détenus, moins nombreux qu'avant, retrouvent parloirs et activités
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USA: les spectaculaires progrès de New York contre l’incarcération massive des Noirs
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France: "J’étais directrice pénitentiaire d’insertion et de probation, j’ai démissionné. Voilà pourquoi"
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France: le logement, casse-tête des aménagements de peines de prison
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France: terrorisme, la majorité veut développer la justice préventive
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Brazil: COVID-19 breeds fear and calls for change
Carolina, a Brazilian mother, hasn’t heard anything from her jailed son since March when authorities banned prison visits due to the coronavirus outbreak and she is scared. As COVID-19 deaths rise in Brazil’s violent and overcrowded jails, activists have called for tens of thousands of prisoners to…Venezuela: al menos 1.410 reclusos han sido puestos en libertad desde el inicio de la cuarentena
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