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January 21, 2017

Au Brésil, la guerre sanglante des gangs fait exploser les prisons

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South America Violence Brazil

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January 21, 2017

Crisis carcelaria en Brasil: policía entra a prisión para reprimir pandillas

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Violence Brazil

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January 16, 2017

Benin: death row prisoners held in cruel limbo

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Africa Death penalty Violence Benin

Prisoners on death row in Benin are languishing in a cruel limbo after a court decision last year effectively abolished the death penalty, but failed to commute existing death sentences, said Amnesty International in a new report today.

January 16, 2017

Inmates beheaded in new Brazil prison riot

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South America Protest Violence Brazil

Twenty-seven inmates were killed in a Brazilian prison riot that broke out on Saturday, adding to chaos in a penitentiary system in which some 140 inmates have died in gang warfare since the start of the year. Members of a drug gang started the clash by invading a pavilion in the Alcaçuz prison tha…

January 13, 2017

France : menaces et radicalisme à la nursery de la prison de Fleury-Mérogis

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Women Europe Justice Violence Religion France

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January 11, 2017

France : Longuenesse, incendie et mutinerie à la prison

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Europe Protest Violence France

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January 11, 2017

Brazil prison head removed as country grapples with inmate violence

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Violence Brazil

The head of the Brazilian jail where 56 inmates were killed during a riot on New Year’s Day has been removed from office, state-run media agency Agencia Brasil reported. Jose Carvalho da Silva, the interim director of the Anísio Jobim Penitentiary Complex, was removed Tuesday after corruption alleg…

January 9, 2017

New Brazil prison clash kills four in Amazon region

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South America Violence Brazil

Behind the prison bloodshed is an escalating feud between Brazil’s biggest drug gangs with about 100 killed in a week.

January 7, 2017

"Au Brésil, les prisons surpeuplées sont une aubaine pour le crime organisé"

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South America Overcrowding Violence Brazil

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January 3, 2017

Gang Fight in Brazil Prison Leaves Scores Dead

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South America Violence Brazil

bout 60 inmates were killed in a prison riot sparked by a fight between rival drug gangs in the Brazilian city of Manaus, local authorities said. The uprising began Sunday afternoon at the Anísio Jobim prison complex and lasted more than 17 hours. Two prison-based gangs have been battling over cont…

January 2, 2017

Brésil : plus de 50 morts lors d'une mutinerie dans une prison

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South America Protest Violence Brazil

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December 29, 2016

Congo-Brazzaville : fusillade dans la prison de l'opposant Paulin Makaya

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Africa Violence Congo - Brazzaville

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December 27, 2016

Afrique du Sud : trois morts dans une mutinerie en prison

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Protest Violence South Africa

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December 19, 2016

UK : government was warned two months earlier Birmingham prison riot

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Violence United Kingdom

Ministers were told urgent action was needed to protect staff and prisoners amid growing violence in prisons. The government was warned two months before a riot at HMP Birmingham involving hundreds of prisoners that the prevalence of psychoactive drugs meant urgent action was needed to prevent atta…

December 16, 2016

Nouvelle mutinerie dans une prison anglaise

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Protest Violence United Kingdom

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December 15, 2016

Canada : un mort au cours d'une mutinerie

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North America Protest Violence Canada

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December 12, 2016

Different detention conditions for Palestinian prisoners

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Middle East Access to legal rights Justice Torture Violence Israel

Nearly 7,000 Palestinian prisoners are incarcerated in Israeli prisons, under the military regime. The facilities are located outside of the occupied territories, in total violation of international law. Arrested for political reasons, the detainees are particularly prone to arbitrary detention, to…

December 9, 2016

France : "La prison n'est pas un angle mort de la démocratie"

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Europe Violence France

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December 7, 2016

Guinée : Décès en série à la prison civile de Coyah

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Africa Violence Guinea

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December 6, 2016

Argentina : detuvieron al Subdirector del Servicio Penitenciario, 7 agentes y 2 internos

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South America Violence Argentina

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November 30, 2016

Raed Al Nakshbandi, Syria

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Middle East Torture Violence Syria

“I spent 45 days in an individual underground cell under drastic conditions and was subjected to other violent and humiliating interrogations.”

November 27, 2016

France : nouvelle mutinerie à la prison de Valence

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Europe Protest Violence France

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November 27, 2016

France : Valence, fin de la mutinerie à la prison

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Europe Protest Violence France

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November 19, 2016

USA : study suggests Illinois women's prison disciplines inmates too harshly

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Women Discipline Violence United States

Inmates at Illinois’ major women’s prison have been called “crazy” and “worthless” by corrections officers, are sometimes placed in an unpadded open-bar “crisis cage” and receive harsher discipline than men for similar offenses, a study released Friday says.