Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

July 31, 2019

Venezuela: las cárceles, nidos de corrupción, torturas y muerte

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South America Torture Violence Venezuela

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July 29, 2019

Brazil: gang violence leaves more than 50 dead in Brazil prison riot

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South America Violence Brazil

At least 57 people have been killed in a gruesome gang battle that broke out in a prison in the Brazilian Amazon on Monday morning.

July 25, 2019

Cameroon : 45 blessés dans la prison de Buea

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Africa Violence Cameroon

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July 24, 2019

Cameroon: gunshots amid prison riot must be investigated

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Africa Protest Violence Cameroon

Yesterday a riot was reported in Kondengui prison in Yaoundé the Cameroonian capital. According to reports, detained armed separatists from the Anglophone regions and opposition members took possession of the prison yard to denounce overcrowding, judicial delays and deplorable conditions.

July 22, 2019

Philippines: 'Worse than prison': Abuses in Philippine youth homes

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Asia Minors Drugs Violence Philippines

Officially called “Houses of Hope”, proponents in the Philippines say such facilities are places for reformation and education, but critics slam many of them as “hellholes” where children are treated like caged animals.

July 21, 2019

UK: surge in youth prison violence sparks call to close institutions

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Violence United Kingdom

Government accused of failing to address crisis after big rise in assaults on staff and inmates

July 21, 2019

Mauritania: Nouakchott: mutinerie à la prison pour femmes

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Africa Women Protest Violence Mauritania

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July 21, 2019

Chile: alertan sobre alto índice de violencia en cárceles

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South America Violence Chile

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July 15, 2019

France: visite du quartier pour détenus radicalisés de la prison de la Santé

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Europe Discipline Violence France

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July 11, 2019

The Salvador: l’Eglise lutte contre la violence dans les prisons

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Central America and the Caribbean Violence El Salvador

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July 10, 2019

El Salvador: Gobierno e Iglesia luchan contra la violencia

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Central America and the Caribbean Violence El Salvador

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July 6, 2019

Algeria: mutinerie à la prison de Laghouat

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Africa Protest Violence Algeria

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July 6, 2019

Mauritanie: rapport sur la peine de mort, "un bagne au pays des sables"

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Africa Death penalty Violence Mauritania

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June 25, 2019

France: en immersion dans les unités pour détenus violents

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Europe Violence France

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June 24, 2019

Chad: un mort et cinq blessés dans une tentative d'évasion

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Africa Protest Violence Chad

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June 17, 2019

10 dead in Paraguay prison riot

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South America Drugs Violence Paraguay

At least 10 people died during a riot in the San Pedro prison here on Sunday, with five of them having been beheaded, state media has reported. Paraguayan newspaper reported that four people died due to sustaining burns since a long time, while one more died later in a hospital, after quoting prose…

June 14, 2019

Mauritanie: un rapport sur la peine de mort apporte un éclairage sur les limites de la justice dans ce pays

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Africa Death penalty Violence Mauritania

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June 13, 2019

Belarus: un prisonnier condamné à mort exécuté

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Europe Death penalty Violence Belarus

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June 7, 2019

He was arrested at 13. Now Saudi Arabia wants to execute him

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Middle East Death penalty Violence Saudi Arabia

As a boy, Qureiris participated in demonstrations like this bike ride, expressions of dissent in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province during the 2011 Arab Spring. Three years after he was filmed taking part in the bike protest, Saudi authorities arrested Qureiris, then just 13 years old. He was travelin…

May 28, 2019

Brazil: 55 inmates killed in spate of prison riots

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South America Violence Brazil

Fifty-five inmates have died in gang-related riots at four prisons in western Brazil, according to authorities. Fifteen prisoners were found dead Sunday and 40 more Monday in the city of Manaus, the capital of the state of Amazonas, the region’s Governor Wilson Lima said.

May 26, 2019

Tajikistan: activist gives rare glimpse of Tajik prison where deadly violence occurred

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Violence Tajikistan

Azamat Shambilov is one of few outsiders to have visited Tajikistan’s Kirpichniy prison before it became the scene of a deadly riot this week.

May 13, 2019

France: vétusté et violences, la visite surprise d'Esther Benbassa à la prison pour mineurs de Porcheville

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Europe Violence France

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May 13, 2019

France: une étude scientifique remet en cause l’intérêt de la prison dans la prévention des violences

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Europe Violence France

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May 9, 2019

Death penalty: global trends

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Africa North America Asia Death penalty Violence

Reduction of 30% in the number of executions, decrease in the number of countries having recourse to the executions: human rights organisation Amnesty international publishes its 2018 report on recourse to the death penalty.