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February 8, 2018

Venezuela: registrados 13 muertos en cárceles durante enero del presente año

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South America Violence Venezuela

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February 8, 2018

México: (VIDEO) CNDH realizará recorridos en cárceles de Chetumal

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Central America and the Caribbean Mexico

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February 8, 2018

Au Royaume-Uni, les entreprises privées assurant des services publics se portent mal

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Europe United Kingdom

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February 8, 2018

France: travail en prison, une mécanique archaïque

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Europe France

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February 8, 2018

Belgique: les 49 détenus de l'annexe psychiatrique de Lantin ne sont plus soignés

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Europe Mental health Belgium

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February 7, 2018

Pologne : le président promulgue une loi controversée punissant ceux qui accusent le pays d'avoir participé à la Shoah

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Europe Poland

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February 6, 2018

(VIDÉO) Les prisons françaises parmi les plus surpeuplées au monde

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Overcrowding France

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February 6, 2018

France : en prison pour les attentats du 11 septembre 2001, Moussaoui assigne Trump en justice

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Europe Justice France

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February 6, 2018

USA: teens sentenced to life in prison say Maryland’s parole system is unconstitutional

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Justice United States

Judges on Maryland’s highest court expressed concern Tuesday that the state’s parole system has not released for two decades any inmates sentenced to life in prison for crimes committed as teenagers.

February 6, 2018

Danemark : la prison de Horserod, un modèle à suivre ?

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Europe Denmark

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February 6, 2018

España: interior cambia el protocolo de fallecimientos en las cárceles tras el caso del "resucitado" en Asturias

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Spain

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February 6, 2018

USA: yes, lots of people go to jail because they can't pay a fine

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Justice United States

From 1990 to 2004, the rate of people on probation who were sent back to jail for noncompliance grew by 50 percent.

February 6, 2018

Danemark : les prisons ouvertes danoises, un modèle à étudier ?

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Europe Facilities Denmark

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February 5, 2018

Maroc : près de 150 médecins de prison s’initient aux bonnes pratiques internationales en matière de conditions de détention

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Africa Health Morocco

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February 5, 2018

Babies behind bars: children struggle in Turkish prisons

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Turkey

Turkish police arrested Hatice Kaman 19 days after she gave birth to her son, Akif, on charges of overseeing a matchmaking service for followers of Fethullah Gülen, the reclusive U.S.-based Turkish preacher blamed for masterminding the failed coup of July, 2016.

February 4, 2018

Georgia: first-hand report / hunger strike in GA prison

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United States

The following letter from an inmate who writes that they have started a hunger strike in a Georgia Prison was originally published by the Atlanta Anarchist Black Cross.

February 3, 2018

Maroc : "le colis refusé", une lettre ouverte de Marie-Jo Fressard au Ministre de la Justice du Maroc

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Africa Protest Morocco

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February 2, 2018

Polish President signs bill giving jail time for implicating Poland in the Holocaust

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Europe Poland

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda announced Tuesday that he would sign a controversial Holocaust bill which has sparked tensions with Israel, the U.S. and Ukraine

February 2, 2018

La CEDH condamne la France pour l’expulsion d’un Algérien

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Africa Europe Justice France

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February 1, 2018

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Women Europe Access to legal rights Material conditions Social ties Romania

Conjugal visits are allowed for prisoners and take place in private rooms, located inside the prison compound. Cosmin Bumbut photographed those places, when they were empty.

February 1, 2018

Libya prison mates hit the road to curb Gambian migration

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Africa Libya

ESSAU, Gambia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sitting in their dusty schoolyard in rural Gambia, the students shook with laughter as they watched a skit about a naive migrant embarking on the treacherous journey across Africa to Europe.

February 1, 2018

USA: "Bio Warfare" - How prisons help the spread of hepatitis C behind bars

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Health United States

Anarchist prisoner Noah “Kado” Coffin offers some observations about the conditions that allow the spread of Hepatitis C behind bars, and the Texas prison system’s indifference to the disease.

January 31, 2018

UK: probation Prisoner stabbed to death at Wormwood Scrubs in London

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United Kingdom

Incident follows concerns over high levels of violence at prison including attacks on staff.

January 31, 2018

UK: collapsed trial woman says she gave birth "alone" in prison

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United Kingdom

A woman held in custody for more than 13 months before her trial collapsed has told the BBC she hopes someone will be punished for the failures which led to her giving birth in prison.