Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

April 12, 2018

Uruguay: condena carcelaria de la ONU

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South America Uruguay

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April 11, 2018

Twenty dead in attempted breakout from Brazil prison

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South America Protest Violence Brazil

A number of inmates at a jail in the northern Brazilian city of Belem have died during an attempted mass breakout.

April 2, 2018

Venezuela: attorney general says prison authorities were negligent in fire that caused deaths of 68 inmates

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South America Violence Venezuela

Venezuela’s attorney general said Monday that five jailed officials had been negligent in their handling of a prison fire that killed 68 people last week in central Carabobo state, and admitted that the country’s penal system is seriously overcrowded.

April 2, 2018

Venezuela: "muerte de 68 presos no es mi competencia”, ministra de prisiones

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South America Violence Venezuela

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April 1, 2018

Venezuela: prisiones hasta con un 250% de sobrepoblación

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South America Overcrowding Venezuela

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March 30, 2018

Argentina: fighting daily against discrimination

Testimonial

South America Argentina

“Fighting is my thing!” Pablo is currently imprisoned in Argentina. He has spent half his life in prison.

March 29, 2018

Sixty eight killed in Venezuelan police station riot and fire

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South America Protest Violence Venezuela

Rioting and a fire in the cells of a Venezuelan police station in the central city of Valencia killed 68 people on Wednesday, according to the government and witnesses.

March 28, 2018

Venezuela: motín en PoliCarabobo, descenso al infierno

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South America Violence Venezuela

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March 23, 2018

Venezuela: el hambre, el peor azote de las cárceles

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South America Venezuela

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March 15, 2018

Argentina: Mendoza tendrá una "cárcel para principiantes"

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South America Argentina

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March 13, 2018

The Franklin Masacre Survivors

Portfolio

South America Health Protest Violence Venezuela

Carlos Hernandez photographed the men who survived Franklin Masacre’s reign over the General Penitentiary of Venezuela.

March 5, 2018

Argentine: para hacer lugar en las cárceles, el Gobierno busca que entre 500 y 700 presos sean beneficiados con prisión domiciliaria o tobillera electrónica

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South America Argentina

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February 19, 2018

Prise d'otages dans une prison brésilienne

News

South America Protest Brazil

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February 18, 2018

Paraguay: los presos políticos de la tierra

News

South America Paraguay

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February 14, 2018

Pérou : 5 morts dans une émeute et l'incendie d'une prison

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South America Protest Violence Peru

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February 14, 2018

Motín en una cárcel de Venezuela: los reos tomaron como rehenes a cuatro presos políticos y a 50 custodios

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South America Violence Venezuela

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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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January 28, 2018

Uruguay: ANEP nota mejora en la educación carcelaria

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South America Uruguay

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January 28, 2018

Argentina: nació en la cárcel, fue "pibe chorro" y llegó al Gran Rex - "Estuve la mitad de mi vida encerrado"

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South America Argentina

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January 17, 2018

Argentina: Prisoners of Buenos Aires Province before a wall of arbitrariness

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South America Access to legal rights Argentina

One of our correspondents, the International Prisons Observatory [“Observatorio Internacional de Prisiones,” or OIP] - Argentina section, recently addressed a letter to the Procurator of Buenos Aires Province to alert him to a series of disturbing observations made of prisons conditions in this pro…

January 13, 2018

Chili: el recorrido del Papa en la cárcel

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South America Women Chile

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January 10, 2018

Au Brésil, le drame sans fin des prisons

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Topic South America Brazil

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January 2, 2018

Gangs au Brésil : les prisons toujours sous emprise

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South America Violence Brazil

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January 2, 2018

Brésil : une mutinerie dans une prison fait au moins neuf morts

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South America Protest Violence Brazil

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