Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

July 24, 2020

Uruguay: Salud sexual y reproductiva en cárceles: papanicolau, colposcopía, mamografía, anticoncepción y asesoramiento de IVE

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South America Women Mental health Rehabilitation Work Uruguay

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July 23, 2020

Nowhere to turn

Investigations

Africa Foreign prisoners Access to legal rights Morocco

Some fight for freedom, others try to get it back. Migrants and prisoners often share the same experience: their freedom has been taken away from them. Morocco’s overcrowded hidden prisons: an investigation into the migration routes.

July 23, 2020

POINT de vues

Insights Portfolio

Women Europe Material conditions Facilities France

Delphine Dauphy and Marc Loyon ran photography workshops in prisons for six months. This involved visiting both Vezin-le-Coquet prison and Rennes women’s prison seven times. Every prisoner was able to take part in creating a body of images documenting their daily life.

July 22, 2020

Iran: Regime seeks pressure on dissidents, minorities through executions

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Middle East Justice Death penalty Iran

The executions were described by Amnesty International as “an alarming escalation in use of the death penalty against protesters, dissidents and members of minority groups in Iran.”

July 22, 2020

United States: Hundreds denied parole as Alabama’s COVID-19 crisis worsens

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White people in Alabama prisons were 2.6 times more likely to be paroled than Black people during the month of June, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).

July 22, 2020

Netherlands: A bigger market for electronic ankle monitors

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Coronavirus North America Europe Justice Alternatives Netherlands

Corrections centers are stocking up on electronic monitors as they release prisoners due to Covid-19.

July 22, 2020

DRC: les prisons considérées comme des mouroirs

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Africa Health Material conditions Torture Congo - Kinshasa

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July 16, 2020

Uruguay: Operadores penitenciarios denuncian condiciones de trabajo en las cárceles

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South America Material conditions Uruguay

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July 16, 2020

Argentina: cómo es el modelo de cárceles sin rejas que proponen aplicar en Santa Fe

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South America Facilities Overcrowding Alternatives Rehabilitation Argentina

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July 16, 2020

Colombia: Inpec confirma la reducción de casos de COVID-19 al interior de cárceles

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Coronavirus South America Health Colombia

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July 15, 2020

France: single-occupancy cells are possible

Interview

Coronavirus Europe Health Overcrowding France

The National Union of Prison Directors sent an open letter to the President of the Republic on 20 April 2020 stating that it is “no longer possible to claim that single-occupancy cells are unachievable”.

July 15, 2020

Mexico: Registra ONG mil 100 contagios de Covid-19 en cárceles

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Coronavirus Central America and the Caribbean Health Mexico

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July 15, 2020

Turkey: les écrits de prison, un genre littéraire à part entière

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Culture Asia Europe Turkey

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July 15, 2020

USA: federal executions can restart after supreme court declines a case

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North America Justice Death penalty United States

The move clears the way for the executions of four men in the coming months after a 17-year gap during which no inmate on death row for federal crimes was put to death.

July 15, 2020

Europe: CPT urges intensifying temporary measures introduced to prevent COVID-19

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Coronavirus Pre-trial detention Europe Health Alternatives

the CPT says that further steps are needed to reduce the use of remand detention

July 15, 2020

USA: JAY-Z, Yo Gotti, and team ROC file lawsuit over Mississippi prison conditions

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Coronavirus North America Justice Health Material conditions

The class action complaint details subpar hygiene protocols, lack of proper healthcare, and more at Mississippi State Penitentiary Parchman

July 15, 2020

Pakistan: dragged to Hell

Asia Death penalty Violence Religion Pakistan

Ashraf had his death sentence converted to life imprisonment. He was held during 18 years, and his spiritual life made him hold on to life while incarcerated. This is his story.

July 15, 2020

Cuba: Humiliation non-stop

Testimonial

Central America and the Caribbean Foreign prisoners Access to legal rights Justice Health Material conditions Torture Cuba

Jacques was arrested in February 2017 by the Cuban criminal justice system and was immediately incarcerated in a state owned highly secured prison, held incommunicado for 48 days. Her daughter became fatherless overnight. He was transferred to France in September 2019. He narrates to Prison Insider…

July 8, 2020

UK: lockdown report reveals HMP Maidstone inmates confined to cell for 23 hours a day with higher number of self-harm incidents

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An inspection of a Kent prison during lockdown has revealed inmates have been confined to their cells for 23 hours a day and had no face-to-face contact with the outside world for at least 12 weeks. The report has also highlighted a “self-inflicted death” at HMP Maidstone since the restrictions cam…

July 8, 2020

USA: many deaths at New York state prisons are preventable, review finds

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North America Health United States

A state prisoner who’d been losing a dramatic amount of weight began to vomit uncontrollably, and was repeatedly given Ibuprofen that made her internal bleeding worse before she died. Another person behind bars waited nearly an hour for a nurse to call an ambulance after he collapsed and had a seiz…

July 8, 2020

Canada: class action alleges prison staff conducting illegal strip searches

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North America Canada

Plaintiffs say they were both traumatized after undergoing invasive searches

July 8, 2020

Morocco: le champion mondial de la détention préventive

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Africa Pre-trial detention Morocco

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July 8, 2020

USA: No one should have to die in prison

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North America Long-term prisoners Health Material conditions Overcrowding United States

The words “help we matter 2” are seen written in a window at the Cook County Department of Corrections, housing one of the nation’s largest jails, in Chicago, Illinois, on April 9, 2020.

July 6, 2020

Dura crítica del Defensor del Pueblo a la crueldad en las cárceles españolas

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Europe Minors Mental health Spain

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