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January 10, 2017

¿Qué pasará con la prisión de Guantánamo cuando Barack Obama deje el poder y Donald Trump asuma la presidencia de EE.UU.?

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United States

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January 10, 2017

Liberia: congested Monrovia Central Prison rejects new inmates

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Africa Overcrowding Liberia

Lack of rooms to hold incoming inmates at the Monrovia Central Prison is now giving absolute freedom to suspected criminals and offenders of the law to gallivant in communities despite the security threats they may pose to citizens.

January 10, 2017

United Kingdom: almost 80 Northern Ireland prison officers assaulted in a year, figures reveal

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United Kingdom

Nearly 80 prison officers were attacked in Northern Ireland during the past year, new figures have revealed.

January 9, 2017

France : crime et châtiment, c'est maintenant

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Europe France

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January 9, 2017

New Brazil prison clash kills four in Amazon region

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South America Violence Brazil

Behind the prison bloodshed is an escalating feud between Brazil’s biggest drug gangs with about 100 killed in a week.

January 8, 2017

Maroc : la prison de Qara de Meknès, un lieu chargé de légendes

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Africa Culture Morocco

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January 8, 2017

Brazil: at least four dead in third prison riot in a week

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Protest Brazil

Back in October, Manaus Public Jail was deactivated for being “cesspool of human rights violations”

January 7, 2017

"Au Brésil, les prisons surpeuplées sont une aubaine pour le crime organisé"

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South America Overcrowding Violence Brazil

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January 7, 2017

Etats-Unis : Mumia Abu-Jamal sera enfin soigné

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United States

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January 6, 2017

Brésil : 19 ans dans les geôles brésiliennes pour rien

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South America Brazil

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January 6, 2017

At least 33 inmates killed in new Brazil prison riot

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South America Brazil

At least 33 inmates were killed in a prison riot in Brazil on Friday, officials said, possibly in retaliation after members of a powerful drug gang were targeted in the worst prison massacre in decades that left 56 people dead earlier this week.

January 6, 2017

Côte d’Ivoire : MACA – La plus grande prison d’Abidjan interdite d’accès

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Africa Côte d’Ivoire

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January 6, 2017

Jamaica: justice centers to be established

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Jamaica

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck is moving to have justice centres established in each parish to provide training for justices of the peace (JPs) in the areas of restorative justice, mediation and child diversion.

January 6, 2017

Hong Kong : ‘Mass indiscipline’ at Stanley Prison as 138 inmates stage hunger strike

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Discipline China

Elite anti-riot guards called in to deal with protest in dining hall. Heavily armed anti-riot prison guards ended a hunger strike attempt by more than 130 inmates at one of Hong Kong’s highest security prisons as they occupied a dining hall to protest disciplinary actions against three fellow priso…

January 6, 2017

Chine : Enfermé vingt-trois jours dans une prison secrète, il livre un récit glaçant

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Asia China

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January 6, 2017

Brésil : le massacre dans la prison de Manaus, une "tragédie annoncée"

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South America Brazil

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January 5, 2017

Ethiopia: Oromia pardons 10,000 inmates

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Africa Ethiopia

Oromia State granted amnesty to 10,000 inmates who fulfilled requirement and regretted their wrongdoings.

January 5, 2017

UK : Thorn Cross open prison praised by inspectors

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Facilities United Kingdom

An open prison in Cheshire is well-led, with very good outcomes for prisoners and few violent incidents, according to Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons, Peter Clarke. HMP and YOI Thorn Cross in Warrington, which houses about 380 inmates, was inspected in October last year.

January 5, 2017

France : "je vais mettre 160 millions d'euros pour la rénovation", assure Urvoas

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Europe France

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January 5, 2017

Punir est devenu une obsession contemporaine : entretien avec Didier Fassin

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January 4, 2017

Honduras : Inside the world’s toughest prison

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Central America and the Caribbean Honduras

Paul Connolly writes about his experience in the rat-infested hell-hole Honduran jail.

January 4, 2017

Trump’s Guantanamo tweet was uninformed and ill-advised

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United States

US president-elect Donald Trump’s tweet yesterday that everyone held at Guantanamo Bay is “extremely dangerous” is ill-informed. What’s worse, his proposed course of action – stopping all releases – shows a lack of understanding about the danger keeping Guantanamo open poses to US National Security…

January 4, 2017

Cuba : Barack Obama envisage de nouveaux transferts des détenus de Guantanamo

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Central America and the Caribbean Cuba

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January 4, 2017

Mujeres mexicanas en prisión sufren abandono y discriminación

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Central America and the Caribbean Mexico

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