May 2018

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USA: a transgender inmate says she was raped in a 'discriminatory and dangerous' Colorado men's prison

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LGBTQI United States

A transgender inmate who is suing Colorado’s corrections agency says she was raped at a men’s prison hours after a federal judge denied her request to block the prison from keeping her in a disciplinary unit, according to court records and the woman’s attorney.

May 3, 2018

México: el eterno suspenso de las cárceles

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Central America and the Caribbean Mexico

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May 2, 2018

UK: nearly 100 women die in prison over 11-year period due to ‘glaring failures’

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Women United Kingdom

More than 10 years after major review outlined need for more holistic approach to vulnerable women in custody, there has been ‘little systemic change’ as female inmates ‘continue to die’, warns charity.

May 2, 2018

UK: solitary confinement of children and young people

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Discipline United Kingdom

Last week, in a joint statement, the British Medical Association (BMA), the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health called for an end to the solitary confinement of children and young people held in UK detention facilities.

May 2, 2018

UK: MoJ postpones plans to reduce female prison population

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Women United Kingdom

Strategy to cut numbers being jailed for non-violent offences was to be launched this month. A multimillion pound government strategy to reduce the number of women being jailed for non-violent offences has been postponed, the Guardian can disclose.

May 2, 2018

France : maison d’arrêt de Fresnes, retour sur les conditions indignes de vie en détention

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Europe Justice Material conditions France

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May 1, 2018

UK: how prison changes people

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United Kingdom

Longer and harsher prison sentences can mean that prisoners’ personalities will be changed in ways that make their reintegration difficult, finds Christian Jarrett. Day after day, year after year, imagine having no space to call your own, no choice over who to be with, what to eat, or where to go.…

May 1, 2018

Brasil: el 65,7 % de las cárceles presenta hacinamiento

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Overcrowding Brazil

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May 1, 2018

France : "Revenants, la prison de Clairvaux entre ombres et lumières

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Culture Europe France

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May 1, 2018

Aux Etats-Unis, la "gay panic" permet toujours d'éviter la prison pour le meurtre d'un homosexuel

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Justice United States

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