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Chile: una noche en la Penitenciaría

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Chile

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February 19, 2018

Chile: el horizonte de las penas de cárcel

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Chile

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January 13, 2018

Chili: el recorrido del Papa en la cárcel

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South America Women Chile

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January 6, 2018

Chile: más de 250 presos inician huelga de hambre en la cárcel de Punta Arenas

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Chile

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December 27, 2017

Mantener a cada preso en Chile tiene un costo de 724 mil pesos mensuales

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Chile

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November 27, 2017

#VotoPreso - A party where prisoners are not invited

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South America Access to legal rights Justice Chile

Chileans are preparing to vote for the second round of the 2017 presidential elections this coming December 17. Country with one of the highest incarceration rates in Latin America, the vote of its prison population can weigh heavily in an election that is likely to be tight.

August 24, 2017

Roberto Ampuero: "No debería haber cárceles especiales en Chile"

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Chile

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July 5, 2017

Chili : nueva cárcel de Talca tendrá capacidad para 2.300 internos y moderno sistema de seguridad

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South America Chile

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June 12, 2017

Chile takes historic step on National Preventive Mechanism

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Pre-trial detention Chile

During APT’s visit to Chile on 29 and 30 May, President Bachelet signed the bill to establish an effective and independent National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) for Chile. The long-awaited bill was sent to Congress on 29 May and is currently being examined by both the Commissions of Human Rights and…

February 10, 2017

Chile: prison guards "turn guns on prisoners"

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Chile

Violence broke out between prisoners and guards in the Colina II prison in the north of Chile’s capital Santiago on February 1. Dozens of people were wounded. But was it really an uprising on the part of prisoners?

February 1, 2017

Chile: Riot in one of the most dangerous prisons in the country leaves 40 inmates wounded

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South America Protest Violence Chile

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June 8, 2016

Chile: informe del subcomité para la prevención de la tortura y otros tratos o pena crueles, inhumanos o degradantes

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Torture Chile

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