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August 25, 2017

Argentine: el nuevo Código Procesal Penal y las cárceles en Tucumán

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South America Argentina

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August 24, 2017

Colombia: cárceles, la solución inútil

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South America Colombia

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August 24, 2017

USA: transgender prison guard says colleagues call her a freak

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LGBTQI United States

It didn’t take long for Meghan Frederick to feel the harassment she feared would come when she told her fellow correctional officers at a Sacramento prison that she identified as a transgender woman.

August 24, 2017

Honduras: 190 reclusos fueron enviados este jueves a cárceles de máxima seguridad

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Central America and the Caribbean Honduras

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August 24, 2017

Roberto Ampuero: "No debería haber cárceles especiales en Chile"

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Chile

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August 23, 2017

Australia: 'extraordinary overcrowding' at Alice Springs women's jail, investigation finds

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Women Oceania Overcrowding Australia

A new investigation into living conditions at the Alice Springs Women’s Correctional Facility (ASWCF) has found overcrowding has led to “at-risk” women being transferred to the men’s prison.

August 23, 2017

UK: Stafford prison report reveals oldest inmate is over 100

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United Kingdom

AROUND 40 inmates at Stafford Prison are being held past their release date, an annual report has revealed. The affected prisoners are being held on Indefinite Protection of the Public (IPP) status, which applied to around 50 inmates – 6.7 per cent of the Stafford Prison population – the Independen…

August 23, 2017

Salvador: denuncian hacinamiento extremo en cárceles de El Salvador

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Central America and the Caribbean Overcrowding El Salvador

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August 22, 2017

Canada: former watchdog: Mental health needs of women in prison not being met

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North America Women Health Mental health Canada

“I don’t agree that it’s society’s fault”. The Royal should never have accepted an acutely ill inmate like Marlene Carter at its Brockville Mental Health Centre as part of a contract it had with Correctional Service Canada, says retired Conservative Senator Bob Runciman

August 21, 2017

India: parliamentary panel finds inhuman condition inside Mumbai’s Byculla jail

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Asia Material conditions India

A 20-member team of women MPs which visited Byculla jail last month to study the conditions inside the prison, found inhuman treatment of women prisoners.

August 20, 2017

Spain: Tres cárceles gaditanas, entre las que más agresiones sufren de toda España

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Europe Spain

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August 19, 2017

France : "Surveillante de prison, mes collègues ont parfois tendance à me surprotéger"

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Europe France

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August 19, 2017

In Indonesia’s dysfunctional prisons, escapes aren’t the half of it

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Asia Indonesia

The recent escape of four foreign inmates who tunneled their way out of Kerobokan Prison, a high-security facility on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, could have been a scene from a Hollywood movie.

August 18, 2017

UK: violence, debt and lockdowns

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Violence United Kingdom

It is the powder wreaking havoc inside Teesside’s biggest prison. Spice has been blamed for Holme House Prison wardens “dropping like flies” after inhaling it. A 5.6kg smuggled spice stash - worth an estimated £200,000 - was found in cells last month, stuffed in cappuccino, Oats-so-Simple and Weeta…

August 18, 2017

France: attempts to release prisoners early are unsuccessful

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Europe France

Today’s post is by Professor Martine Herzog-Evans who shares findings from a recent study into a French initiative to release prisoners on parole more efficiently in order to reduce the prison population, a subject of particular interest for the Parole Board for England and Wales in its attempt to…

August 17, 2017

USA: the secret, dangerous world of private prisons

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United States

GEO and other leading for-profit prison corporations have been plagued by health and safety issues for years, with prisoner and staff complaints and wrongful-death lawsuits piling up like mounds of unopened jail mail.

August 17, 2017

France : bientôt des téléphones "bridés" en prison ?

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Europe Social ties France

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August 17, 2017

Venezuela: at least 37 dead in fight between inmates and security at Venezuela prison

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South America Protest Violence Venezuela

At least 37 people were killed during clashes between armed inmates and security forces at a small prison in southern Venezuela, the state’s governor said Wednesday. Gov. Liborio Guarulla said the bloodshed came after fighting erupted between inmates and their jailers Tuesday night in the prison in…

August 16, 2017

Jordan: women imprisoned in name of family honor

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Women Middle East Jordan

In a secret shelter in the Jordanian capital Amman, 52-year-old Fatima runs a hand over the scar that has shaped her life.

August 16, 2017

USA: ACLU files lawsuit against state over prison conditions

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Material conditions United States

ACLU drew a line in the sand for Nebraska prisons. They’ve crossed it. Crowded prisons and a shortage of corrections officers and mental health workers have created a humanitarian crisis, ACLU of Nebraska officials say.

August 16, 2017

France : Homophobie en prison, cette violence que l’on tait

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Europe Violence France

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August 15, 2017

There’s a long line to get into prison in Iceland – up to 5 years waiting time

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Iceland

560 people are waiting to go to prison in Iceland after being convicted of crimes.

August 14, 2017

Nigeria: Lagos CJ frees 62 juvenile offenders, 67 inmates with disabilities from prison

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Africa Nigeria

No fewer than 62 juvenile offenders, 67 inmates with disabilities held at Kirikiri Female prisons and Kirikiri Medium Prisons, Lagos, were on Monday released on the orders of the State Chief Judge, Justice Olufunmilayo Atilade.

August 14, 2017

Hong Kong imprisons more women per capita than any other country

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Women Hong Kong SAR China

One-fifth of Hong Kong’s prison population is female, the highest proportion of any major country in the world. Activists say local laws are stacked against women, in particular foreign women.