Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

July 5, 2017

Chili : nueva cárcel de Talca tendrá capacidad para 2.300 internos y moderno sistema de seguridad

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South America Chile

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July 3, 2017

Political police torture in Caracas (Venezuela)

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South America Torture Violence Venezuela

Electric shocks, beatings, waterboarding, asphyxiation with chemicals… A report denounces these practices.

June 30, 2017

Uruguay : ¿Que se pudran en la cárcel?

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South America Uruguay

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June 29, 2017

Uruguay : experto de ONU visitó a menores recluidos: "Uruguay vive de espalda" al tema

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South America Uruguay

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June 27, 2017

Argentina : hubo 673 casos de torturas en cárceles y comisarías bonaerenses durante 2016

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South America Torture Argentina

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June 24, 2017

Venezuela: prisoners say abuse is so bad they are forced to eat pasta mixed with excrement

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South America Venezuela

The headquarters of the Venezuelan intelligence service is a vast pyramid-shaped edifice known as the Helicoide, a former shopping mall which now functions as an interrogation pen for political prisoners and protesters. The 30-year-old economics student had heard enough about the infamous building…

June 11, 2017

Peru: out of prison, but stuck in Peru

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South America Peru

Foreigners released from prison in Peru aren’t always free to leave the country; it takes them more than six months to get their exit-papers and leaves them prone to more problems. Jurriaan van Eerten reports from Lima.

June 11, 2017

Out of prison, but stuck in Peru

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South America Peru

Foreigners released from prison in Peru aren’t always free to leave the country; it takes them more than six months to get their exit-papers and leaves them prone to more problems. Jurriaan van Eerten reports from Lima.

June 3, 2017

Brésil : mort de sept adolescents lors d'une émeute dans une prison

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South America Protest Violence Brazil

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June 1, 2017

Venezuela : detainees say they’re being beaten, tortured in police custody

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South America Torture Venezuela

After enduring several minutes of beatings with fists and clubs, Erick Izaguirri, 27, was expecting the worst when he was dragged into an outpost of Venezuela’s National Guard.　 “They started to say, ‘Take his pants off, let’s stick the rifle in him,’ ” the anti-government protester recounted durin…

May 26, 2017

Brésil : 91 détenus s’évadent par un tunnel de la prison de Parnamirim

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South America Protest Brazil

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May 26, 2017

How an icon of Venezuelan architecture became a prison

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South America Venezuela

The Helicoide was going to be the world’s first drive-through mall. Now it is a prison that former inmates describe as hellish.

May 26, 2017

How an icon of Venezuelan architecture became a prison

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South America Venezuela

The Helicoide was going to be the world’s first drive-through mall. Now it is a prison that former inmates describe as hellish.

May 23, 2017

Peru: productive prisons generate US$30 million

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South America Peru

Peru’s Carceles Productivas (Productive Prisons) program generates US$30 million a year in sales of products crafted by inmates, the National Penitentiary Institute (Inpe) reported.

May 10, 2017

Uruguay : Punta de Rieles, la prison qui réapprend la liberté

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South America Uruguay

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May 7, 2017

Argentina: "Recurren a la CIDH para que el Estado 'se abstenga' de aplicar el fallo de la Corte que beneficia a represores"

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South America Argentina

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May 5, 2017

Argentina: "Explotación a los presos en el Servicio Penitencial Bonaerense"

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South America Argentina

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May 5, 2017

En Colombie, dîner dans le restaurant d'une prison, c'est possible

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South America Colombia

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April 30, 2017

L’Argentine lance un vaste chantier pour augmenter les places de prison

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South America Argentina

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April 27, 2017

12 dead in Venezuelan prison clash

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South America Venezuela

An outbreak of violence between rival gangs at a prison in eastern Venezuela has left 12 dead and 11 injured, the government said Wednesday.

April 12, 2017

Colombia: la alarmante situación de las cárceles colombianas

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South America Colombia

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April 9, 2017

The Uruguayan prison where inmates set up shop

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South America Uruguay

Every weekday morning, Cesar Campo wakes up, eats a quick breakfast and heads to work in a converted warehouse where he builds tables, chairs, bookcases and anything else that clients request.

April 6, 2017

Venezuela faces prison system rife with corruption

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South America Venezuela

Venezuela’s prisons, which are rife with violence, weapons, drugs and criminality, have been placed under a new, tightly regulated regime, says the nation’s leftist government.

March 28, 2017

Colombia : El chat de la prisión

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South America Colombia

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