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March 16, 2017

Colombia: la población en cárceles aumentó 141% desde el año 2000

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South America Overcrowding Colombia

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March 4, 2017

Dozens freed from Gambia's overcrowded jails

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Africa Overcrowding Gambia

Almost 100 prisoners including rapists and robbers have been freed from Gambian jails as the new government struggles to reform an overcrowded system that long relied on strict mandatory sentencing.

February 23, 2017

Some inmates to get better conditions after overpopulation in Turkish jails due to Gülen case arrests

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Material conditions Overcrowding Turkey

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February 23, 2017

Cambodia: prison numbers jump 20 percent

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Asia Overcrowding Cambodia

Cambodia’s already swollen prison population leapt by more than 20 percent last year, according to the Ministry of Interior’s annual report, which acknowledged the influx has caused “serious challenges” with overcrowding, and revealed one-third of inmates are in pre-trial detention.

February 22, 2017

Guyana gets funds to help reduce prison overcrowding, boost agriculture, improve business environment, improve health

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Health Overcrowding Guyana

Guyana has tapped into a US$8 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to help reduce prison overcrowding and speed up the delivery of justice, the Finance Ministry said in a statement.

February 21, 2017

Fleury-Mérogis: la surpopulation s’aggrave dans la plus grande prison d’Europe

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Europe Overcrowding France

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February 20, 2017

Haiti : 'this is hell'. Inside Haitian jail where prisoners starve to death and defecate on floors of overcrowded cells

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Central America and the Caribbean Overcrowding Haiti

Dozens of emaciated men with sunken cheeks and protruding ribs lie silently in an infirmary at Haiti’s largest prison, most too weak to stand. The corpse of an inmate who died miserably of malnutrition is shrouded beneath a plastic tarp.

February 18, 2017

Brazil court rules to compensate prisoner for overcrowding

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Overcrowding Brazil

The case could open up a wave of other claims, which some judges argue could financially cripple the state.

February 15, 2017

Kenya: president directs release of petty offenders

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Africa Overcrowding Kenya

President Uhuru Kenyatta has directed Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery and the Commissioner of Prisons, Gen Isaiah Osugo, to liaise with the chief justice and fast-track the release of petty offenders to decongest prisons and reduce government spending on them.

February 15, 2017

South Australia prisons in lockdown over 'failure to address overcrowding concerns'

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Oceania Overcrowding Australia

A union has placed inmates in all South Australian prisons in lockdown over what it says is a failing by the Corrections Department to address overcrowding concerns.

January 27, 2017

European commission criticises Romania over prisoner pardon plan

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Europe Overcrowding Romania

Move to free thousands of criminals could hinder fight against corruption and undermine rule of law, officials warn

January 18, 2017

South Africa: prison boss makes appeal to reduce overcrowding in jails

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Overcrowding South Africa

Johannesburg – Correctional Services National Commissioner Zach Modise on Wednesday appealed to government security agencies to reduce overcrowding in the country’s correctional facilities.

January 10, 2017

Liberia: congested Monrovia Central Prison rejects new inmates

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Africa Overcrowding Liberia

Lack of rooms to hold incoming inmates at the Monrovia Central Prison is now giving absolute freedom to suspected criminals and offenders of the law to gallivant in communities despite the security threats they may pose to citizens.

January 7, 2017

"Au Brésil, les prisons surpeuplées sont une aubaine pour le crime organisé"

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South America Overcrowding Violence Brazil

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January 3, 2017

Tunisian prisons are overpopulated, justice minister says

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Overcrowding Tunisia

Tunisian Justice Minister Monday sounded the alarm over the “catastrophic” conditions of inmates in the country’s prisons.

December 14, 2016

France : Après les inondations, la surpopulation à la prison de Saran

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Europe Overcrowding France

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December 14, 2016

Philippines : Prisons and rehab overcrowding

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Asia Overcrowding Philippines

As death toll rises, Philippine prisons and drug rehab centres fill to capacity as many try to avoid the same fate.

December 8, 2016

UK : Prison Reform Trust report claims overcrowded jails 'more likely' to fail

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Overcrowding United Kingdom

The most overcrowded prisons in England and Wales are twice as likely to be rated as failing, a new report claims. According to the Prisons Reform Trust, nearly two thirds of prisons are overfull, with jails holding more than 10,000 inmates than they were built to.

November 29, 2016

Colombia : Report Slams Colombia's Failure to Control Prison Overcrowding

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South America Overcrowding Colombia

A report by Colombia’s Comptroller General details the state’s failure to control runaway overcrowding in prisons despite major investments, highlighting the deep-rooted issues that Latin American states consistently fail to address in reforming their crumbling penitentiary systems. The report desc…

November 11, 2016

Senegal : Long pre-trial detention overcrowds Senegal prisons

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Africa Overcrowding Senegal

Overcrowded prisons, poor conditions for the inmates and long pre-trial detention periods are issues throughout West Africa. In Senegal, the issue has led to prisoner protests and calls for reform.

November 9, 2016

Philippines drug war turn jail into a haven

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Asia Drugs Overcrowding Philippines

Jason Madarang, awaiting trial on a charge of drug use, is in a muggy, windowless cell in a Manila prison so overcrowded that inmates must sleep in halls and stairwells and share each toilet with 150 other men.

October 27, 2016

Canada : la condition des détenus au Centre de détention d'Ottawa-Carleton s'améliore

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North America Overcrowding Canada

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October 22, 2016

France : comment vit-on dans une prison surpeuplée ?

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Europe Overcrowding France

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September 26, 2016

France : Les violences se multiplient, sur fond de surpopulation carcérale

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Europe Overcrowding Violence France

Une mutinerie de quelques heures s’est déroulée à la prison de Valence, dans la Drôme, en fin d’après-midi dimanche 25 septembre. Le scénario est très voisin de ce qui s’est passé deux semaines plus tôt à Vivonne, près de Poitiers (Vienne). Les faits ont débuté un peu avant 19 heures au sein du qua…