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February 9, 2016

Sierra Leone : DIGNITY is pushing for positive changes in prisons

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Africa Sierra Leone

DIGNITY and local partner Prison Watch ensures political commitment to ambitious revision of prison legislation in Sierra Leone. It has been 55 years since the last revision of prison rules in the West African country, but over the past few years the prison authorities – now known as Correctional S…

February 9, 2016

Sierra Leone: a horror story from court and prison

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Africa Sierra Leone

If you are a good Christian or Muslim, or, humanist, a chill would run through your body, you would shed tears at this.

January 29, 2016

Haiti: inauguration of the new civil prison for women in Cabaret

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Central America and the Caribbean Women Haiti

Thursday, January 28, Ambassador of the United States in Haiti, Peter F. Mulrean, along with several civil, political, religious and local and of the Minustah, proceeded to the inauguration of the new civilian women’s prison located in Cabaret near Ti Tanyenclose to the road leading to Saut d’Eau o…

January 28, 2016

Côte d'Ivoire : qui sont les 300 prisonniers politiques de Côte d’Ivoire?

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Africa Côte d’Ivoire

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January 21, 2016

L’enfer des prisons tunisiennes

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Africa Tunisia

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January 20, 2016

Prison ministry transforms lives in Sierra Leone

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Africa Sierra Leone

Prisoners in Sierra Leone have received Christ, been baptized and even been released thanks to a thriving United Methodist prison ministry.

January 18, 2016

Benin prison conditions dire

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Africa Material conditions Benin

Geneva - UN experts voiced alarm on Monday at disturbing and cramped conditions in Benin detention facilities, including poor access to water and food, and urged the west African country to immediately reduce overcrowding.

January 17, 2016

Italy decriminalizes obscene acts, other minor crimes to unburden justice system

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Justice Italy

Italy decriminalized a long list of minor crimes on Friday, from obscene acts to blunders by cannabis researchers, to ease pressure on an overburdened justice system that ranks among the least efficient in the world.

January 13, 2016

South Africa: the Mandela Rules, a diplomatic success but will they lead to better care of SA prisoners?

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South Africa

In December 2015 the UN General Assembly adopted without voting the revised UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners now known as the Nelson Mandela Rules “to honour the legacy of the late president of South Africa, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, who spent 27 years in prison in the cour…

January 6, 2016

Gabon : les détenus de Libreville livrés à eux-mêmes dans une "prison bidonville"

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Africa Gabon

Des prisonniers enchaînés, des cellules encrassées où s’entassent des dizaines de détenus ou encore des pénuries d’eau qui durent des jours : un Observateur nous raconte, photos à l’appui, le quotidien des détenus de la prison centrale de Libreville au Gabon. Ce n’est pas la première fois que la pr…

January 1, 2016

Côte d'Ivoire : le président ivoirien gracie 3 100 prisonniers de la crise postélectorale de 2010

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Africa Côte d’Ivoire

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December 31, 2015

Guatemala : Situación de los derechos humanos en Guatemala: Diversidad, desigualdad y exclusión

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Central America and the Caribbean Guatemala

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December 29, 2015

Haïti : pénitencier national au-dedans de l’enfer

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Central America and the Caribbean Overcrowding Haiti

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December 29, 2015

Côte d'Ivoire : MACA: Le régisseur limogé à cause du phénomène “Yacou le Chinois”

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Africa Côte d’Ivoire

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December 22, 2015

Côte d'Ivoire : "Yacou le Chinois", le détenu qui fait la loi dans la prison d’Abidjan

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Africa Drugs Côte d’Ivoire

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December 1, 2015

Guatemala : Un motín en una prisión deja 16 muertos en Guatemala

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Central America and the Caribbean Violence Guatemala

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November 30, 2015

Sénégal : l'escrime pour les mineurs en prison, une réinsertion à fleurets mouchetés

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Africa Senegal

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November 19, 2015

Burundi : incidents dans la prison de Mpimba

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Africa Violence Burundi

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November 10, 2015

Au Liban, les prisons à l'ombre du droit

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Middle East Lebanon

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November 4, 2015

On death row in Singapore

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Asia Singapore

Each week, Roads & Kingdoms and Slate publish a new dispatch from around the globe. For more foreign correspondence mixed with food, war, travel, and photography, visit their online magazine or follow @roadskingdoms on Twitter. Update, Nov. 5, 2015: Kho Jabing’s execution, scheduled for Friday,…

November 1, 2015

On death row in Singapore

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Asia Singapore

I was sitting in a hotel room in Kuala Lumpur when I received the message on Monday afternoon. It was from Jumai, a short but heart-breaking note, sent over WhatsApp: “My brother this Friday die.”

October 28, 2015

Panama: the 'Guantanamo Bay of Panama' prison raises human rights concerns

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Central America and the Caribbean Panama

The remote island prison dubbed the Guantanamo Bay of Panama houses the country’s most dangerous prisoners, but concerns are mounting over harsh conditions and human rights violations occurring behind the prison’s impregnable walls.

October 23, 2015

Uganda: rehabilitation, spies, and goals at Uganda's lone maximum security prison

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Africa Uganda

Uganda’s only maximum security prison, Luzira, holds a sophisticated prison soccer tournament known not only for its top-notch talent, but the remarkable part it plays in the country’s low recidivism rate.

October 22, 2015

Cameroon : prisons severely overcrowded

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Overcrowding Cameroon

Yaounde - Human rights groups in Cameroon say prisons constructed for 500 detainees are housing more than 3,000 people, many of whom can be held for years without charge in inhumane conditions. The government says it is working on solutions.