Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

May 11, 2021

Colombia: octava jornada de protestas mientras organizaciones denuncian cerca de 40 fallecidos

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May 6, 2021

Colombia: por qué el país está en un escenario sin precedentes

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South America Protest Violence Colombia

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April 1, 2021

Brazil / USA: female mass incarceration

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Brazil and the United States are amongst the countries that incarcerate the highest numbers of women. What policies and practices do these countries have in common?

March 30, 2021

Venezuela: tragedia de Policarabobo, tres años de retardo procesal, frustración, dolor y sed de justicia

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March 30, 2021

Venezuela: se filtra video de agresiones a reclusos del Rodeo III por parte de custodios

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South America Violence Venezuela

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March 30, 2021

Brasil: Xuxa propuso que se prueben vacunas y medicamentos en presos “que al menos sirvan para algo”

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March 30, 2021

Venezuela: limitaciones de movilidad durante cuarentena radical impiden que familiares lleven alimentos a sus detenidos

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March 22, 2021

COVID-19 pandemic exposes how little we know about prison conditions globally

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“The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons“, novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

March 18, 2021

Managing uncertainty in prison: diverse responses to COVID-19

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As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?

March 18, 2021

Argentina: managing uncertainty

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As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the Argentinian authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?

March 18, 2021

Chile : Managing uncertainty

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As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the Chilean authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?

March 18, 2021

Costa Rica: managing uncertainty

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As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the Costa Rican authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?

March 18, 2021

Brazil: managing uncertainty

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As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the Brazilian authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?

March 1, 2021

Ecuador: prison riots leave 79 dead, including 34 in Cuenca. Gang wars result in beheadings, dismemberments

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“This is a human slaughterhouse,” is how a national police captain described the scene as he entered a high security area of Cuenca’s Turi prison following tuesday’s riot. “It is the most terrible thing I have ever witnessed as a police officer.”

March 1, 2021

Ecuador: President declares state of emergency following deadly prison riots

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South America Protest Violence Ecuador

Officials in Ecuador say order has been restored at prisons in three cities, where authorities said at least 75 inmates died in riots between rival gangs. President Lenín Moreno declared the national prison system in a state of emergency and ordered stepped-up security measures.    Officials say au…

March 1, 2021

Argentina: en cumplimiento de un fallo de la CorteIDH, el SPF aprueba un nuevo protocolo de traslados de personas privadas de libertad

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March 1, 2021

Venezuela: detenidos de Policarirubana piden descongestionamiento

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March 1, 2021

Venezuela: familiares de presos de Polimiranda deben llevar agua a diario para aseo y consumo

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March 1, 2021

Ecuador: violentos motines dejan más de 75 muertos en tres cárceles

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February 25, 2021

Équateur : des mutineries dans trois prisons font 79 morts

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South America Protest Violence Ecuador

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February 24, 2021

Paraguay: six inmates die in a riot in Paraguay's main prison

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South America Protest Violence Paraguay

Paraguayan Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday reported that six inmates died during a riot in Asuncion’s Tacumbu prison, as they demanded equal rights with the rest of the country’s penitentiaries.

February 12, 2021

Chile: interno de cárcel de La Serena se suicida tras acosos de gendarmes por su orientación sexual

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South America LGBTQI Access to legal rights Torture Violence Chile

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February 12, 2021

Chile: siguen los abusos en gendarmería, ahora torturan a interna trans en cárcel de Arica

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South America LGBTQI Access to legal rights Torture Violence Chile

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February 3, 2021

Venezuela: Amnistía Internacional nombra presos de conciencia a cinco miembros de la ONG humanitaria Azul Positivo

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