Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

May 19, 2022

South Sudan : Islamic Council, Somali community release 7 inmates from Juba Prison

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Africa Justice South Sudan

The inmates are said to have been jailed for petty crimes including failure to pay debts and court fines. Their release was concluded during Eid-el Fitr celebrations.

May 19, 2022

Nigeria : Kano: Ganduje pardons 90 prisons inmates

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Africa Justice Nigeria

The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has approved the freedom of ninety prison inmates across correctional centres in the state.

May 18, 2022

Burkina Faso : Un mort et au moins 60 prisonniers libérés dans l'attaque d'une prison

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Africa Violence Burkina Faso

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May 18, 2022

Équateur : Le gouvernement n’arrive pas à enrayer les massacres à répétition dans les prisons

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South America Justice Violence Ecuador

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May 16, 2022

Sénégal : prison de camp pénal et de Kaolack, 15 détenus en grève de la faim

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Africa Health Material conditions Senegal

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May 4, 2022

Argentina: "The phone is everything to me"

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South America Women Material conditions Argentina

How cellphones transformed life at a women’s prison in Argentina.

May 2, 2022

Australia: seen in the press / 2022

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Oceania Australia

Violence, acts of protest, prison conditions, justice reforms: find out what is new about prisons and justice in this country. Prison Insider monitors the press on a regular basis.

April 28, 2022

Togo resumes prison visits after two-year ban

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Africa Coronavirus Social ties Togo

Togo is to allow prison visits to resume from Friday, phasing out a two-year-old ban that was imposed to help curb the spread of coronavirus.

April 28, 2022

Liban : Des proches de détenus manifestent devant la prison militaire de Rihanié

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Middle East Justice Lebanon

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April 28, 2022

Nigeria: Coverup in Nigerian Prison As TB Hits, Kills Several Inmates

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Africa Health Nigeria

Senior officials, including those in charge of the facility in Katsina, have attempted a coverup to avoid accountability, sources told this newspaper.

April 28, 2022

Liban : Les prisonniers de Roumieh s'automutilent pour alerter sur la détérioration de leur situation

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Middle East Health Mental health Material conditions Lebanon

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April 28, 2022

Lebanon's prisons: A microcosm of disease, sectarianism and near-anarchy

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Middle East Material conditions Lebanon

Inter-ministerial wrangling over the control of the prison facilities coupled with police brutality and a lack of funding has exacerbated the human rights situation of incarcerated people in the country.

April 28, 2022

Liban : Dans la plus grande prison du Liban, manger devient un luxe

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Middle East Material conditions Lebanon

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April 28, 2022

Liban : Le quadruple féminicide d’Ansar ravive le débat sur la peine de mort dans un Liban en crise

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Middle East Death penalty Lebanon

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April 28, 2022

Lebanon: Lebanese LGBT community fights to keep safe spaces

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Middle East LGBTQI Lebanon

Although Beirut is one of the most LGBT-friendly cities in the region, there are still some limitations that don’t allow the community to express themselves freely.

April 28, 2022

Afghanistan: Over 1,200 drug addicts being treated at Herat prison

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Middle East Health Mental health Afghanistan

The drug users are being treated by governmental institutions in cooperation with private sector companies.

April 21, 2022

Équateur : des bains de sang dans les prisons, le gouvernement impuissant

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Central America and the Caribbean Drugs Violence Ecuador

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April 21, 2022

Cameroun : l’épidémie de choléra dans les prisons inquiète l’opposition

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Africa Health Material conditions Cameroon

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April 21, 2022

Iran : des détenus malades qu’on abandonne

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Middle East Health Material conditions Iran

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April 21, 2022

Salvador : des arrestations massives dans le cadre de la guerre contre les gangs

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South America Drugs Violence

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April 21, 2022

Council of Europe anti-torture Committee visits Poland

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Europe Justice Material conditions Facilities Poland

A delegation of the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out a periodic visit to Poland from 21 March to 1 April 2022. It was the Committee’s seventh periodic visit to this country.

April 4, 2022

Kenya: un "marais artificiel" purifie les eaux usées fétides d'une prison

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Africa Material conditions Kenya

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March 24, 2022

Ireland: Prisoner takes court action over period of ‘almost solitary confinement'

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Europe Justice Ireland

Constitutional rights breached of man jailed for assault on ex-girlfriend, court told

March 24, 2022

New Zealand: Public-private partnership prison to experience same problems when taken over by government

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Oceania Facilities New Zealand

PARLIAMENTARIANS heard that the two public-private partnerships (PPP) prisons would be subjected to the same condition experienced at other prisons when the Department of Correctional Services takes them over in a few years.