Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

May 6, 2020

Venezuela: au moins 47 morts après une mutinerie

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South America Protest Venezuela

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May 6, 2020

Sierra Leone: riot breaks out in coronavirus-struck prison

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Africa Coronavirus Health Protest Sierra Leone

Reports of casualties after riot at Pademba Road Prison in Freetown, where a COVID-19 case was earlier confirmed.

May 4, 2020

Peru: mutinerie dans une prison, trois morts

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Coronavirus South America Health Protest Peru

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May 4, 2020

Peru: prison riot over coronavirus fears leaves nine dead

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Coronavirus South America Protest Peru

Nine inmates died during a riot at a Lima jail amid fears that Peru’s prisons are becoming a breeding ground for coronavirus after two inmates died of COVID-19 and more than 600 inmates were tested positive. The disturbance broke out at the Miguel Castro Castro jail in the east of the Peruvian capi…

April 30, 2020

Chile: los motines también se propagan

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Coronavirus South America Health Protest Violence Chile

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April 24, 2020

Afghanistan: prison chief laments conditions in country's jails

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Asia Health Protest Torture Violence Afghanistan

In unusually frank comments on April 21, Afghanistan’s new prison chief Ahmad Rashid Totakhail complained to journalists about widespread abuses in the country’s prison system. Totakhail described problems ranging from the lack of a comprehensive database on the length of detainees’ sentences to se…

April 23, 2020

USA: el miedo al coronavirus en las cárceles provoca huelgas de hambre, protestas y motines

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Coronavirus North America Protest United States

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April 23, 2020

Colombia: a un mes de tragedia en La Modelo, 73 casos de covid-19 en cárceles

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South America Health Protest Colombia

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April 23, 2020

Russia: répression féroce dans une prison de Sibérie

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Europe Protest Violence Russia

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April 6, 2020

Argentina: la inquietante versión de los presos tras los motines en Santa Fe

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Coronavirus South America Health Protest Violence Argentina

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March 18, 2020

Coronavirus: Prison Fever

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What measures are taken to guarantee the safety of all prisoners and prison staff? What are the consequences of the pandemic on the living conditions in prisons? Here is an overview. — Update 31/12/2020

March 18, 2020

Africa: coronavirus, prison fever

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Africa Coronavirus Health Material conditions Protest

The Covid-19 does not stop at prison gates. Prisoners often live in overcrowded cells and unsanitary contexts, sharing cells. What measures are taken to guarantee the safety of all prisoners and prison staff? What are the consequences of the pandemic on the living conditions in prisons? — Update 09…

March 18, 2020

Americas: coronavirus, prison fever

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Coronavirus North America Central America and the Caribbean South America Health Material conditions Protest

The Covid-19 does not stop at prison gates. Prisoners often live in overcrowded cells and unsanitary contexts, sharing cells. What measures are taken to guarantee the safety of all prisoners and prison staff? What are the consequences of the pandemic on the living conditions in prisons? — Update 31…

March 18, 2020

Asia: coronavirus, prison fever

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Coronavirus Asia Health Material conditions Protest

The Covid-19 does not stop at prison gates. Prisoners often live in overcrowded cells and unsanitary contexts, sharing cells. What measures are taken to guarantee the safety of all prisoners and prison staff? What are the consequences of the pandemic on the living conditions in prisons? — Update 31…

March 18, 2020

Middle East: coronavirus, prison fever

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Coronavirus Middle East Health Material conditions Protest

The Covid-19 does not stop at prison gates. Prisoners often live in overcrowded cells and unsanitary contexts, sharing cells. What measures are taken to guarantee the safety of all prisoners and prison staff? What are the consequences of the pandemic on the living conditions in prisons? — Update 31…

March 18, 2020

Oceania: coronavirus, prison fever

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Coronavirus Oceania Health Material conditions Protest

The Covid-19 does not stop at prison gates. Prisoners often live in overcrowded cells and unsanitary contexts, sharing cells. What measures are taken to guarantee the safety of all prisoners and prison staff? What are the consequences of the pandemic on the living conditions in prisons? — Update 11…

March 11, 2020

Italy: revuelta en las cárceles italianas

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Coronavirus Europe Health Protest Violence Italy

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March 11, 2020

Italy: seven dead in Modena prison riot, 20 break out of Foggia

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Coronavirus Europe Health Protest Violence Italy

(ANSA) - Rome, March 9 - Seven people died as violent protests broke out Monday in 22 Italian prisons against coronavirus restrictions with many inmates asking for an amnesty due to the virus emergency.

February 14, 2020

Algeria: des condamnés à mort se révoltent à la prison de Lambèse

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Justice Protest Death penalty Violence Algeria

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January 21, 2020

Democratic Republic of Congo: l’évasion presque ordinaire de 105 détenus d’une prison dans le centre du pays

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Africa Protest Overcrowding Congo - Kinshasa

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January 20, 2020

Asia: coronavirus, prison fever / 2021

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Coronavirus Asia Health Material conditions Protest

The Covid-19 has not stopped at prison gates. What measures are taken to guarantee the safety of all prisoners and prison staff? What are the consequences of the pandemic on the living conditions in prisons? — Update 31/12/2021

January 15, 2020

Mexico: une émeute dans une prison fait 16 morts

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Central America and the Caribbean Protest Violence Mexico

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November 22, 2019

Haiti: mutiny over cooking charcoal in Haiti prison led to gang rapes, human-rights groups say

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Central America and the Caribbean Protest Violence Haiti

It started around noon, when male detainees inside a prison for men and women north of Haiti’s capital heard there was no charcoal or propane gas to cook their food, and began violently protesting prison conditions and attempting to escape.

October 29, 2019

Syria: cómo es la prisión kurda donde están encerrados miles de terroristas del Estado Islámico

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Middle East Discipline Material conditions Protest Religion Syria

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