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France : covid-19 dans les prisons, la Contrôleure générale alerte sur les conditions sanitaires

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Coronavirus Europe Access to legal rights Justice France

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

Source: Vie publique

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France : pas de congés payés pour les détenus qui travaillent, tranche le Conseil d'État

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Europe Access to legal rights Work France

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Source: La Provence

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Más de 2.300 localidades de todo el mundo participan en Ciudades por la Vida contra la pena de muerte

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Access to legal rights Justice Death penalty

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

Source: Amnistía Internacional

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France : la fin annoncée des CRP pour les auteurs de violences contre les policiers

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Europe Access to legal rights Justice Violence Rehabilitation France

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

Source: Médiapart

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France : journées nationales prison 2020

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Culture Europe Alternatives France

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

Source: Farapej

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France: l’épidémie de Covid est entrée en prison

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Coronavirus Europe Health Mental health Material conditions Overcrowding Social ties France

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

Source: Charlie Hebdo

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Etats-Unis: peine de mort, l’administration Trump poursuit les exécutions malgré sa défaite

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North America Access to legal rights Justice Death penalty United States

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

Source: Le Monde

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Russia: former political prisoner takes Russia to court over torture conditions in Crimean prison

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Asia Access to legal rights Justice Health Material conditions Torture Violence Russia
Hearings have begun in occupied Crimea into the lawsuit brought by Kazim Ametov against Russia’s penitentiary service and police over the inhuman conditions he was held prisoner in for over two years. The chances of a Russian-controlled “court” finding in favour of the former political prisoner are…

Source: The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group

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Ireland: prison service to spend €1.6m on bras, underwear for inmates

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Women Europe Access to legal rights Material conditions Ireland
The Irish Prison Service (IPS) is set to spend more than €1.6m on bras, underwear, anoraks, and other items of clothing for inmates over the next three years. Nighties, dressing gowns, and tracksuits are among 30 categories of clothing sought by the IPS in an invitation for tenders. The successful…

Source: Irish examiner

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Belgique : "on a tous droit à un peu d'affection"

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Coronavirus Europe Mental health Protest Social ties Belgium

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

Source: Rtbf.be

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Belgique : une délégation profite de la visite du roi Philippe pour dénoncer des "conditions indignes"

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Coronavirus Europe Access to legal rights Health Material conditions Protest Social ties Belgium

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Source: L'avenir

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Argentina: cárceles solidarias, presas hicieron y donaron 180 pelucas para pacientes oncológicos

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Source: La Nación

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España: el protocolo antisuicidios en las cárceles

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Europe Mental health Suicide Spain

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Source: Telecinco

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España: el psiquiátrico penitenciario de Fontcalent se queda sin psiquiatras

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Europe Access to legal rights Mental health Spain

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Source: ABC.es

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Arabia Saudí: líderes del G20, no se dejen engañar. Las verdaderas agentes del cambio están en la cárcel

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Women Middle East Access to legal rights Justice Health Protest Torture Violence Saudi Arabia

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Source: Amnistía Internacional

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United Kingdom: CT child advocate report, adult prison system is no place for minors

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Coronavirus Europe Minors Access to legal rights Mental health Material conditions United Kingdom
The 18-year-old didn’t want to be in jail, he told Department of Correction officials one day in 2019, as he covered the window in his cell with a sheet and mattress. He wanted to be with his family. He was being held in a “Restrictive Housing Unit” at Manson Youth Institution in Cheshire, confined…

Source: The CT mirror

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United States: the role of plant-based food in the prison system

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North America Access to legal rights Health Mental health Material conditions United States
British prisons and jails must provide for vegan inmates by law; as of January this year, veganism is an explicitly protected belief under the Equality Act 2010, the same as religious beliefs. This protection is not absolute, nor does veganism have legal protection everywhere in the world. In the U…

Source: Sentient Media

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United States: California law is step forward but fails to guarantee safety for trans prisoners

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North America Women Access to legal rights Justice Health Mental health Material conditions Violence United States
Syiaah Skylit has been imprisoned in California since 2015. Despite multiple requests to be placed in a women’s prison, Skylit, a Black trans woman, has always been incarcerated in the state’s men’s prisons. There, she has faced attacks by incarcerated men as well as sexual abuse and retaliation by…

Source: Truthout

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Colombia : las cuentas del Inpec tras ocho meses de pandemia en las cárceles

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Coronavirus South America Health Overcrowding Colombia

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Source: El Espectador