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United States: conditions at South Carolina juvenile facility unconstitutional

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North America Minors Access to legal rights Justice Mental health Material conditions Violence United States
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued notice on February 5, 2020 that it has found the “totality of the conditions, practices, and incidents” it discovered at Broad River Road Complex (BRRC), South Carolina’s long-term juvenile commitment facility, violated the juveniles’ Fourteenth Amendment…

Source: Prison legal news

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Estados Unidos: informes profundamente alarmantes sobre esterilización forzosa de mujeres detenidas por el ICE

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North America Women Foreign prisoners Access to legal rights Torture Violence United States

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

Source: Amnistía internacional

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Venezuela: deaths inside prisons doubled during pandemic

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Central America and the Caribbean Pre-trial detention Health Protest Overcrowding Violence Venezuela
Inmate deaths have doubled in Venezuela’s jails during the coronavirus pandemic, a crisis that underscores how the country’s anarchic prisons foment violence and spread disease. Between March and August of 2020, 287 prisoners died in prisons and police holding cells, a jump from the 137 during the…

Source: InSight Crime

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Biélorussie : les protestataires libérés racontent les tortures en prison

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Europe Torture Violence Belarus

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

Source: Libération

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France: Tensions à la prison de Borgo en Corse

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Europe Protest Violence France

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

Source: Le Figaro

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France: Plus d’un tiers des 1400 djihadistes en prison en Europe sont détenus sur le territoire

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Europe Facilities Violence France

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

Source: Le Parisien

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Colombia: 285 casos de discriminación a población LGBTI en prisión en 2019

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South America LGBTQI Violence Colombia

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

Source: El Tiempo

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Argentina: la Provincia firmará un convenio con Naciones Unidas para mejorar las cárceles bonaerenses

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South America Violence Rehabilitation Work Argentina

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

Source: Todo Provincial

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Colombia: siete horas de angustia en La Modelo

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Coronavirus South America Violence Colombia

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

Source: Cero Setenta

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Russia: after deadly prison riot in Siberia, officials are tight-lipped as families seek information on survivors

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Coronavirus Europe Protest Violence Russia
MOSCOW – It wasn’t until two days after Russian authorities violently suppressed a riot at his prison in Siberia that Kristina Ilinova learned her husband was missing. Yevgeny Ilinov was one of 200 inmates of Corrective Colony No. 15 who mutinied on April 9 in protest of their treatment by guards a…

Source: Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty

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Guinea: plongée dans l'enfer du camp militaire de Soronkoni

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Africa Material conditions Violence Work Guinea

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

Source: Le Point Afrique

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Côte d'Ivoire: un journaliste tabassé et menacé de mort pour une enquête sur la prison d'Abidjan

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Africa Violence Côte d’Ivoire

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

Source: Le Figaro

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UK: le système pénitentiaire traverse une grave crise, selon le Comité européen anti-torture

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Europe Overcrowding Violence United Kingdom

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

Source: Conseil de l'Europe