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April 1, 2017

New Guatemala prison facility readies female convicts’ return to society

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Central America and the Caribbean Women Guatemala

Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales and the US assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, William Brownfield, inaugurated Monday the penitentiary management model’s first rehabilitation and reintegration center for some 160 female inmates.

April 1, 2017

Sierra Leone: no transport for prisoners delays justice

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Africa Sierra Leone

Article 9 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that, “No one shall be subject to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.” However, the lack of prisoner transport trucks in 14 out of 19 Correctional Centres tends to violate that provision.

April 1, 2017

Brazilian government reduces prison funding by 85%

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Brazil

In the last two years the federal government has reduced by 85% the funding transferred to States for the construction of new prison facilities and reduced the resources available for restructuring and modernizing existing facilities as well.

March 31, 2017

France : "salles de shoot" en prison, le projet abandonné in extremis

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Europe Health Drugs France

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March 31, 2017

USA: Rikers Island, la prison où fut détenu DSK, bientôt fermée

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United States

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March 31, 2017

Cameroun : la prison de Maroua étouffe

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Africa Cameroon

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March 31, 2017

Cameroun : la prison de Maroua étouffe

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Africa Cameroon

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March 31, 2017

Mise en lumière du recours à la détention pratiqué par la Hongrie, alors que le Sous-comité des Nations Unies pour la prévention de la torture conclut sa visite

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Europe Torture Violence Hungary

Hungary should immediately address the excessive use of detention, the UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) said on Friday at the end of an 11-day visit to the country.

March 31, 2017

France : les prisons d'Ile-de-France totalement saturées

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Europe France

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March 31, 2017

India: inmates in Bagalkot prison go on hunger strike, demand better quality food

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Asia Protest India

The prisoners complained of bad food quality.

March 29, 2017

Mexico : deux morts dans l'émeute d'une prison

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Central America and the Caribbean Protest Violence Mexico

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March 29, 2017

France : travail, famille, ennui — comment passer le temps en prison

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Europe Social ties France

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March 29, 2017

Haïti : à Port-au-Prince, les cachots de la faim

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Central America and the Caribbean Haiti

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March 28, 2017

United States : le Texas sous-évalue les handicaps mentaux pour condamner à mort

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Violence United States

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March 28, 2017

France : Voiture de police incendiée: Antonin Bernanos est remis en liberté

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Europe France

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March 28, 2017

Colombia : El chat de la prisión

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South America Colombia

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March 28, 2017

UK: prison suicide rate more than doubles in four years, figures reveal

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Suicide United Kingdom

Assaults and self-harm in jails in England and Wales also reach record levels as politicians are urged to address the ‘shameful’ issues facing the penal system.

March 28, 2017

Hongrie: la détention des migrants commence

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Europe Hungary

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March 28, 2017

Mahmoud al Weesi, Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories

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Middle East Israel

“When I was 18, I was arrested and accused of belonging to a terrorist organization”

March 27, 2017

Chad : conditions de vie précaires des détenus, le budget de la nourriture détourné

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Africa Material conditions Chad

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March 27, 2017

Tchad : évasion spectaculaire à Abéché, 95 détenus s'échappent d'une prison

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Africa Protest Chad

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March 26, 2017

Chad: civil society activists in solidarity march with jailed leaders

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Chad

A number of activists in Chad on Saturday marched to a prison in the outskirts of the capital N’Djamena where four leaders of civil society groups are being held.

March 25, 2017

Une Québécoise dans l’enfer d’une prison haïtienne

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Central America and the Caribbean Haiti

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March 25, 2017

RDC : à Kasumbalesa, conditions de vie difficiles à la prison centrale

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Africa Material conditions Congo - Kinshasa

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