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United Kingdom: speed up video calls rollout in prison to ease families’ lockdown anguish

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Coronavirus Europe Material conditions Facilities Social ties United Kingdom
The rollout of secure video calls in prisons should be speeded up to ease the distress of families and their loved ones unable to see each other since the cancellation of social visits, a new briefing by the Prison Reform Trust (PRT) suggests. Based on 278 contributions from families and prisoners…

Source: Prison Reform Trust

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France : une autre prison est possible

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Europe Alternatives Rehabilitation France

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

Source: L'Est républicain

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France: "il y avait 33 clusters en prison au 15 octobre" contre "trois en juin", s’inquiète la nouvelle Contrôleuse générale des prisons

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Coronavirus Europe Justice Health Overcrowding Alternatives France

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

Source: Franceinfo

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Argentina: ¿constitucional o no?

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South America Long-term prisoners Justice Argentina

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

Source: La Nación

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Egipto: cientos de legisladores y legisladoras de la UE y EE. UU. instan al presidente Abdel Fattah al Sisi a que excarcele a presos y presas de conciencia en Egipto

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Africa Access to legal rights Justice Protest Egypt

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

Source: Amnistía Internacional

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Arabia Saudí: el Women20 debe exigir la liberación de las activistas saudíes encarceladas

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Women Middle East Access to legal rights Justice Protest Saudi Arabia

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

Source: Amnistía Internacional

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United States: advocates file complaint over Texas youth prison conditions

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North America Minors Access to legal rights Justice Mental health Material conditions Violence United States
Detainees in Texas’ juvenile prisons suffer from frequent physical and sexual abuse, inadequate mental healthcare and high rates of staff turnover, two youth advocacy groups wrote in a federal complaint Wednesday. The rights of the hundreds of youths detained in five secure facilities around the st…

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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France: la prison, un milieu difficile pour le travail social

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Europe Rehabilitation France

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

Source: Le Média social

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West Bank: thirty detainees join hunger strike in Ofer prison

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Middle East Access to legal rights Justice Health Protest Palestinian Territories
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that thirty detainees held in Ofer Israeli detention center has launched a hunger strike in solidarity with Maher al-Akhras, who continues his strike for the 80th consecutive day. The PPS stated that the thirty detainees started the strike on Wed…

Source: IMEMC news

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Belgique: libérations anticipées et interruptions de peine, plus de 700 détenus sortis de prison lors de la première vague

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Coronavirus Europe Justice Alternatives Belgium

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

Source: DH Les Sports+

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France : feu vert à la nomination de Dominique Simonnot comme Contrôleuse générale des prisons

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Europe Access to legal rights Justice France

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

Source: Libération

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Argentina: advierten por los riesgos de contagio en las cárceles debido a la sobrepoblación

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Coronavirus South America Access to legal rights Health Material conditions Overcrowding Argentina

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

Source: La Nación

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Venezuela: denuncian violación de DDHC a reclusos en la subdelegación Cicpc Las Acacias

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Pre-trial detention South America Access to legal rights Justice Health Mental health Material conditions Overcrowding Social ties Venezuela

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

Source: Una ventana a la libertad

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Estados Unidos: la paradoja de la pena de muerte

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North America Long-term prisoners Access to legal rights Justice Death penalty United States

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Source: Amnistía internacional

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France: la journaliste Dominique Simonnot nommée contrôleuse générale des prisons

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Europe Access to legal rights Justice France

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

Source: Libération

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France: le Conseil constitutionnel exige une loi pour faire respecter la dignité humaine en prison

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Pre-trial detention Europe Access to legal rights Justice France

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

Source: Le Monde