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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

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

Source: El Espectador

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France : la prison, quel rôle ?

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

Source: m2A

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France : "des risques de contamination par les prisonniers comme par les surveillants", l’alerte de la contrôleuse générale

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Coronavirus Europe Justice Overcrowding France

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

Source: Le Monde

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France : "ils sont surveillés de près"

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Europe Justice Violence Rehabilitation Religion France

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

Source: Franceinfo

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Belgique: près de deux tiers des détenus vont à fond de peine

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Europe Justice Rehabilitation Belgium

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

Source: Pickx

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France: aumônerie musulmane en prison, décryptage d’un phénomène en croissance

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Europe Access to legal rights Mental health Social ties Religion France

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

Source: Mission de recherche Droit et Justice

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Belgique : "la situation actuelle en prison est plus difficile qu'en mars", alerte la Direction générale des établissements pénitentiaires

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Coronavirus Europe Social ties Belgium

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

Source: La Libre

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Tchad : prison secrète de l’ANS, des détenus racontent les sévices subis

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Africa Access to legal rights Justice Health Torture Violence Chad

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

Source: RFI

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Belgique : prison et Covid, la double peine

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Coronavirus Europe Health Mental health Social ties Belgium

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

Source: La Libre

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France: à la prison de la Santé, les murs ont été poussés pour isoler tous les détenus arrivants

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Coronavirus Europe Justice Health Overcrowding Social ties France

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

Source: Ouest France

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France: dans les prisons, le défi de la prise en charge des détenus radicalisés

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Europe Justice Rehabilitation Religion France

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

Source: Le Monde

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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

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Source: La Nación