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Estonia: Coronavirus crisis exit strategy launched in prisons
TALLINN – Estonian prisons on Wednesday launched the strategy for exiting the emergency situation resulting from the spread of coronavirus, the Ministry of Justice said. The five-day shifts of prison officials were concluded as of Wednesday and the scheduled treatment of prisoners will continue bot…
Hungary: Tight measures in a closed system
The Hungarian penitentiary institutions have become even more closed and less transparent since the COVID-19 outbreak. On 5 April 2020, a Government Decree introduced tighter measures for prisons. The Hungarian Helsinki Committee updates us on the situation.France: Nicole Belloubet, "le taux d’occupation moyen des prisons est inférieur à 100 %"
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Peru: mutinerie dans une prison, trois morts
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France: "le confinement en détention, c’est la prison dans la prison"
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France: Maïtena Biraben, "ce qui nous horrifie dans les Ehpad devrait nous horrifier dans les prisons"
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France: vers un monde (presque) sans prison ?
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Peru: prison riot over coronavirus fears leaves nine dead
Nine inmates died during a riot at a Lima jail amid fears that Peru’s prisons are becoming a breeding ground for coronavirus after two inmates died of COVID-19 and more than 600 inmates were tested positive. The disturbance broke out at the Miguel Castro Castro jail in the east of the Peruvian capi…
USA: the violent history of Angola prison
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…
Syria: prisoner from eastern Ghouta dies under torture in Sednaya prison
Syrian Observatory activists have documented the death of a civilian from Saqba city in eastern Ghouta, seven years after being arrested at a security checkpoint in Damascus. The victim died under torture in Sednaya prison (known as the Slaughterhouse). With the death of more civilians, the number…
El Salvador : imposes maximum security prison lockdowns after homicide spree organised from behind bars
El Salvador president Nayib Bukele ordered a 24-hour lockdown of prisons containing gang members, and said their leaders would be sent into solitary confinement after a sudden spike in homicides. The remarkable announcement was made last Friday, after a series of grisly incidents were reported to h…Mexico: buscan erradicar estigmas penitenciarios a través del empleo
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Mexico: centros penitenciarios, los olvidados en México
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Argentina: Alejandro Slokar, “las cárceles son hoy una bomba con la mecha encendida”
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Uruguay: 26% de reclusos tienen condiciones "crueles, inhumanas y degradantes"
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Chile: los motines también se propagan
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Spain: interior inicia la desescalada en el aislamiento de las cárceles
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France: "They’ve put us back in prison"
Samy is detained on partial release in the west of France, in Le Mans. It is normally possible for these prisoners to go out during the week, notably to seek employment. Faced with the coronavirus pandemic and to limit social contact, those who are on partial release have been placed in detention.…Cyprus: released inmates ask to go back to prison
Four prisoners who were released from prison earlier this month have asked to be brought back because they have no place to go. Nicosia central prisons director Anna Aristotelous said on Wednesday that two of the four prisoners were part of the early release of 130 inmates in early April as part of…
