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France : faim, manque d’hygiène et chantage, le calvaire des pauvres en prison

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Coronavirus Women Europe Health Drugs Material conditions Social ties France

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

Source: Street Press

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Jamaica: helping move mentally ill out of prison not an issue

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“Resources and funding” have been identified by Health and Wellness Minister Dr Christopher Tufton as the hurdles that his ministry would need to clear in order to find suitable spaces so that mentally ill prisoners can be removed from correctional facilities. A recommendation for “some place other…

Source: Jamaica Observer

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Argentina: crisis carcelaria. Una olla a presión que siempre está a punto de explotar

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Coronavirus South America Access to legal rights Justice Protest Overcrowding Argentina

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

Source: La Nación

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Argentina: ajustan con una prueba el protocolo para que vuelvan las visitas familiares a los presos

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Coronavirus South America Access to legal rights Protest Social ties Argentina

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

Source: La Nación

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Tailandia: deben retirarse los cargos injustificados y poner en libertad a personas que se manifestaron pacíficamente

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This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

Source: Amnistía Internacional

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Bielorrusia: mas autoridades impulsan actuaciones penales masivas contra cientos de manifestantes pacíficos

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This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

Source: Amnistía Internacional

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France: en pleine crise sanitaire, le ministre de la Justice s’inquiète de la remontée de la population carcérale

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This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

Source: France Inter

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Le calvaire des femmes incarcérées pendant la pandémie de COVID-19

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This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French, Spanish

Source: Global voices

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France: l’indignité des conditions de détention provisoire comme motif de mise en liberté

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This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

Source: Le club des juristes

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United Kingdom: speed up video calls rollout in prison to ease families’ lockdown anguish

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The rollout of secure video calls in prisons should be speeded up to ease the distress of families and their loved ones unable to see each other since the cancellation of social visits, a new briefing by the Prison Reform Trust (PRT) suggests. Based on 278 contributions from families and prisoners…

Source: Prison Reform Trust

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France : une autre prison est possible

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This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

Source: L'Est républicain

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France: "il y avait 33 clusters en prison au 15 octobre" contre "trois en juin", s’inquiète la nouvelle Contrôleuse générale des prisons

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Coronavirus Europe Justice Health Overcrowding Alternatives France

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

Source: Franceinfo

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Argentina: ¿constitucional o no?

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Source: La Nación

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Egipto: cientos de legisladores y legisladoras de la UE y EE. UU. instan al presidente Abdel Fattah al Sisi a que excarcele a presos y presas de conciencia en Egipto

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Source: Amnistía Internacional

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Arabia Saudí: el Women20 debe exigir la liberación de las activistas saudíes encarceladas

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Source: Amnistía Internacional

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United States: advocates file complaint over Texas youth prison conditions

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North America Minors Access to legal rights Justice Mental health Material conditions Violence United States
Detainees in Texas’ juvenile prisons suffer from frequent physical and sexual abuse, inadequate mental healthcare and high rates of staff turnover, two youth advocacy groups wrote in a federal complaint Wednesday. The rights of the hundreds of youths detained in five secure facilities around the st…

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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France: la prison, un milieu difficile pour le travail social

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This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

Source: Le Média social

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West Bank: thirty detainees join hunger strike in Ofer prison

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Middle East Access to legal rights Justice Health Protest Palestinian Territories
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that thirty detainees held in Ofer Israeli detention center has launched a hunger strike in solidarity with Maher al-Akhras, who continues his strike for the 80th consecutive day. The PPS stated that the thirty detainees started the strike on Wed…

Source: IMEMC news

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