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September 8, 2017

USA: weathering a hurricane in prison

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United States

Hurricanes Harvey and Irma have prompted mass evacuations in Texas and Florida. But many Americans have been unable to flee, including huge numbers of prison inmates. The two states together are home to a quarter million incarcerated people. Texas has the largest prison population in the country, a…

September 8, 2017

Colombia : alerta por hacinamiento en cárceles de Cúcuta

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Colombia

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September 6, 2017

USA : hurricane Harvey, forgotten prisoners

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United States

Natural disasters don’t stop at prison doors. Since August 27 , Hurricane Harvey has affected the Houston region (Texas, USA). Torrential rain has struck within a radius of 320 kilometers. Nearly 6,000 prisoners from five penal institutions have been evacuated due to the threatening flood of Brazos…

September 6, 2017

Ukraine: guards and prisoners victims of an outdated system

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Europe Ukraine

The prosecutor’s office informed, on the 17th of August, that a detainee had killed and dismembered an inspector from the State Prison Service at the Odessa Pre-trial Detention Center (SIZO) No. 21. The murder occurred in the SIZO economic block where the prisoner was working.

September 6, 2017

República Dominicana : internos de cárceles confeccionan 10 mil sábanas para damnificados del huracán Irma

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Dominican Republic

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September 6, 2017

Crackdown: Prison conditions worsen in post-coup Turkey

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Europe Middle East Material conditions Turkey

Turkey has been packing its jails with political offenders since a failed coup nearly 14 months ago, and prisoners’ families, lawyers, and activists have told IRIN of an increase in overcrowding, poor medical care, solitary confinement, and mistreatment.

September 5, 2017

Nepal : under one world roof, a jail without guards (I)

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Asia Nepal

Incarcerated in Nepal : the arrival

September 4, 2017

Côte d'Ivoire : que se passe-t-il avec les prisons ?

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Africa Côte d’Ivoire

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September 1, 2017

Argentina: over five hundred prisoners on hunger strike call for justice

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South America Argentina

Five hundred prisoners, from Villa Urquiza prison (province of Tucumán), decided to go on a hunger strike on August 23. They were joined, on August 30, by 54 new strikers from Concepción prison, located in the south of the province.

August 30, 2017

Malawi: seeking justice for helpless inmates

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Africa Malawi

Young inmates are locked away without any trial in Malawi’s prison cells. Some of them are even unaware of their right to a lawyer. Two legal activists from PASI do their best to secure justice.

August 30, 2017

Czech Republic: Ombudswoman says detainees’ rights are being violated

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Violence Czechia

Police officers often disrespect detainees’ basic human rights, says a report by the Office of the Ombudswoman.

August 29, 2017

New Zealand: fewer women to be jailed under new government strategy to curb growth in crime

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Women New Zealand

Fewer women will be sent to prison under a new programme to try and curb growth in crime among Kiwi females.

August 29, 2017

Croatia: see the haunting ruins of a prison once known as a "living hell"

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Europe Croatia

The decrepit remains can still be seen by tourists willing to make the trek to the uninhabited island. Goli Otok was once described as a “Living Hell” by those who were unlucky enough to be sent to the prison.

August 29, 2017

Les jurés américains rejettent de plus en plus la peine de mort

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Death penalty Violence United States

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August 29, 2017

USA: at Guantánamo, men accused in 9/11 attacks faced their 24th round of pretrial hearings

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United States

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his nephew Ammar al-Baluchi donned new Baluchi hats last week for the 24th round of pretrial hearings in the military commission case against the five men accused in the 9/11 attacks.

August 29, 2017

USA: why so few violent offenders are let out on parole

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Violence United States

In recent years, national discussions of criminal-justice reform have largely revolved around non-violent drug-related convictions—as illustrated by the hundreds of federal inmates that Barack Obama granted clemency to at the end of his second term.

August 28, 2017

France : la place des détenus atteints de pathologies graves est-elle en prison ?

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Europe Health France

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August 28, 2017

USA: two more state prisons face evacuation due to Hurricane Harvey flooding

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United States

Two additional state prisons were facing evacuation late Monday as flooding from Harvey continued to escalate the high-water emergency southwest of Houston. Texas Department of Justice officials said rising floodwaters from the Brazos River were likely to force the relocation of an estimated 1,400…

August 26, 2017

Panama: redes de corrupción operan en càrceles

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Central America and the Caribbean Panama

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August 26, 2017

Mexico: desde cárceles, 106 mil llamadas de extorsión

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Central America and the Caribbean Mexico

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August 26, 2017

Spain: EPPK insta a que, "con urgencia" se consensúe "una hoja de ruta para la excarcelaciones" de los presos de ETA

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Europe Spain

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August 26, 2017

Palestine: los gazatíes podrán ir al cine por primera vez en más de 30 años

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Israel

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August 26, 2017

USA: thousands of Texas inmates evacuated from prisons ahead of floods

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United States

Thousands of inmates were being evacuated on Saturday from three prison facilities in Rosharon, Tex., as the Brazos River there continued to rise under heavy rains from Tropical Storm Harvey.

August 25, 2017

Germany: un teatro en una cárcel alemana, contra el extremismo islamista

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Europe Religion Germany

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