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May 28, 2015

Uganda: the prison where murderers play for Manchester United

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Africa Uganda

A decade ago, Opio Moses was a lowly policeman out in the sticks of Eastern Uganda with a complicated love life. He had fallen for the wrong woman. One day, her uncle, who was politically connected, came to pay Moses a visit at home. He told Moses at gunpoint that their match was unsuitable and tha…

May 25, 2015

Sierra Leone's prisons: tough, but Ebola-free

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Africa Health Sierra Leone

Central Freetown’s maximum-security prison was built to house just 324. Today, over 1400 inmates are crammed between its walls.

May 15, 2015

Tunisie : La surpopulation carcérale atteint 200% dans certaines prisons, selon Ridha Zaghdoud

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Africa Overcrowding Tunisia

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May 1, 2015

Liban : la prison de Roumieh, un fief pour les jihadistes de l'EI

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Middle East Lebanon

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March 27, 2015

Côte d'Ivoire : dans l’enfer de la prison pour mineurs d’Abidjan

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Africa Côte d’Ivoire

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March 20, 2015

Honduras : más cárceles y militarización no solucionan crisis en sistema penitenciario, según analistas

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Central America and the Caribbean Honduras

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March 4, 2015

Tunisie : Tunis - Des prisons surpeuplées, insalubres et pathogènes, selon la LTDH

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Africa Overcrowding Tunisia

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February 25, 2015

Spain: Encarceladas y abusadas

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Europe Spain

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February 13, 2015

South African prisoners sue G4S over torture claims

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Torture South Africa

British law firm acts for inmates alleging they were given electric shocks, forcibly injected with anti-psychotic drugs and held in isolation cells for up to three years.

February 13, 2015

Liban : regards des jeunes Libanais sur la peine de mort

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Middle East Death penalty Violence Lebanon

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January 13, 2015

Liban : la police démantèle «l'émirat jihadiste» dans la prison de Roumieh

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Middle East Lebanon

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December 26, 2014

Côte d'Ivoire : derrière les murs d’une prison pour mineurs en Côte d’Ivoire

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Africa Côte d’Ivoire

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December 12, 2014

Philippines: inside one of the world's largest prisons

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Asia Philippines

New Bilibid Prison (NBP), on the outskirts of Manila, was built decades ago for a maximum 5,500 inmates. Now more than 14,200 prisoners live there, crammed together in cells and outnumbering prison guards by a staggering 80:1.

December 10, 2014

Singapore: Changi Women's Prison: Not a place you want to return to

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Women Asia Singapore

Do not drop your pen cap. That was one of the first things I was told after entering Changi Women’s Prison (CWP).

October 24, 2014

Colombia : La peor crisis carcelaria en la historia

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South America Colombia

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October 22, 2014

South Africa: disabled inmates in Oscar Pistorius prison speak out against poor treatment

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South Africa

At Kgosi Mampuru II jail in Pretoria where the Paralympian was sent on Tuesday, inmates with disabilities tell Daily Maverick of the daily hardships they face.

October 12, 2014

Liban : une enquête de l’ONU révèle que le Liban pratique la torture systématique dans les prisons

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Middle East Torture Lebanon

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September 25, 2014

Inside Haiti's prisons: a nation battles crime and human rights abuses as it struggles to recover from the devastating 2010 earthquake

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Central America and the Caribbean Protest Overcrowding Haiti

The former French naval officer looks down from the walls of Haiti’s National Penitentiary at the mass of prisoners crowded in the yards below and delivers a simple verdict.

August 15, 2014

Bénin inside #3 : un jour en prison, donner, recevoir

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Africa Benin

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August 5, 2014

Colombia : Arrests Show Reach of Colombia Prison-Based Extortion Gangs

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South America Colombia

Police in Colombia have dismantled a prison-based extortion gang that operated in numerous prisons and cities across the country, demonstrating just how coordinated and sophisticated such networks have become. Colombia’s anti-extortion and kidnapping police, the Gaula, have arrested 16 women and 5…

July 5, 2014

Côte d'Ivoire : la "torture" des prisonniers pro-Gbagbo préoccupent les ONG ivoiriennes

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Africa Torture Côte d’Ivoire

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May 26, 2014

Tunisie : Azyz Amami décrit des conditions de détention horribles en prison

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Africa Material conditions Tunisia

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May 4, 2014

Honduras : el país que mata a sus presos

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Central America and the Caribbean Honduras

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April 29, 2014

COE report : Hungarian prisons crowded

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Overcrowding Hungary

Many member countries of the Council of Europe have problems with overcrowded prisons, among them Hungary, a report released in Brussels today showed.