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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

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Uruguay: 26% de reclusos tienen condiciones "crueles, inhumanas y degradantes"

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South America Torture Violence Uruguay

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

Source: Montevideo Portal

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Chile: los motines también se propagan

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Coronavirus South America Health Protest Violence Chile

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

Source: La Tercera

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USA: inmates at N.J. women’s prison endured years of sex abuse, justice dept. finds

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North America Women Violence United States
WASHINGTON — Inmates at New Jersey’s only state prison for women were regularly sexually assaulted by guards and sometimes forced to engage in sex acts with other prisoners while staff members looked on, according to a Justice Department report released on Monday detailing widespread, pervasive sex…

Source: The New York Times

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Greece: reforming prison system and ending police ill-treatment are urgent priorities, says CPT

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Europe Material conditions Overcrowding Violence Greece
After a visit to prisons in Greece last year, the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) recommends that the Greek authorities remedy structural problems that have led to enduring ill-treatment of detainees, prison overcrow…

Source: Council of Europe

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Russia: répression féroce dans une prison de Sibérie

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Europe Protest Violence Russia

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

Source: Libération

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Belgium: "les prisons sont au bord de l’explosion, on risque le drame"

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Coronavirus Europe Access to legal rights Health Drugs Violence Social ties Belgium

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

Source: La Libre