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Brazil: the impact of COVID-19 on family links and prison monitoring
Family links and independent monitoring systems in Brazil’s prisons – what are the effects of the pandemic?
Realities on the ground are discussed by Rafael Godoi, a sociologist and researcher at Rio’s Universidade Federal (UFRJ), and Alessandra Félix, an activist from Brazil’s north-eastern state of Ceará, member of the group Vozes (‘Voices of mothers and relatives’) and of Brazil’s Frente pelo Desencarceramento (decarceration front).
Video directed by Camille Laufer
The use of imprisonment around the world
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Latin America: pre-trial detention and access to justice
A discussion about rights under threat and the consequences for women, people of colour, and marginalised groups, with Isabel Roby, legal and policy officer, Fair Trials (Latin America) and Hugo Leonardo, president of the Brazilian defence lawyers’ network.
