Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

April 23, 2020

Spain: las familias de los presos ante la situación de las cárceles por la Covid-19: "ahora la condena es para nosotros”

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Coronavirus Europe Social ties Spain

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April 23, 2020

Colombia: la situación en las cárceles sigue sin solución

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Coronavirus South America Justice Colombia

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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

USA: Living behind bars during a pandemic

Testimonial

Coronavirus Health United States

Robert C. is currently serving an 11-year sentence in a prison in Michigan than presents a very high infection rate. He writes about the first outbreak that occurred a couple weeks ago.

April 23, 2020

Death penalty 2019: les chiffres les plus bas de la décennie

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Africa Asia Europe Middle East Oceania Death penalty

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April 23, 2020

France: les bons de sortie sont rares pour les prévenus

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Coronavirus Europe Justice France

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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 23, 2020

France: le système judiciaire et les prisons à l'épreuve de la pandémie

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Coronavirus Europe Justice Health France

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April 23, 2020

USA: la détresse des détenus libérés en pleine pandémie

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Coronavirus North America Health United States

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April 23, 2020

Chad: la polémique enfle après la mort de membres présumés de Boko Haram en prison

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Africa Chad

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April 23, 2020

France: la crise sanitaire prouve que réduire la surpopulation carcérale est possible

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Coronavirus Europe Health Overcrowding France

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April 23, 2020

Italian prisons: facing the crisis

Interview

Coronavirus Crises Europe Justice Health Violence Italy

Mutinies after the suspension of family visits had a heavy toll on prisoners: 12 prisoners died in March. Prison Insider interviewed Antigone association about the management of the crisis by the authorities.

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April 23, 2020

Africa: "the state of prisons is not fixed"

Analysis

Africa Health

The online course Prisons in Africa: experiences, models and circulations gathers theoretical analysis, interviews with diffeerent actors (researchers, prison administration staff, former inmates, and activists). It aims at debunking the idea that all African prisons are the same, invariably labele…

April 22, 2020

Spain: ‘terrified’ prisoners in Mallorca demand to be set free after ‘degrading’ response to Covid-19 that ‘violates their human rights’

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Coronavirus Europe Health Overcrowding Spain

PRISONERS locked up in Palma de Mallorca’s Penitentiary Centre have demanded to be set free due to the alleged inhuman treatment suffered during the coronavirus crisis. Lawyers representing convicts at the island’s largest prison have made an official request to government officials asking that the…

April 21, 2020

Cyprus: Nicosia prisons lays out measures taken since March 10

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Coronavirus Europe Health Cyprus

The department for prisons on Friday announced inmates have been allowed additional phone hours and skype calls during the month that visitation has been cancelled due to Covid-19. In an announcement wishing happy Easter holidays to the inmates, the department numbered all the measures implemented…

April 21, 2020

Latvia: no COVID-19 infection cases found in prisons so far

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Coronavirus Europe Health Latvia

So far not a single COVID-19 infection case has been found in prisons in Latvia – neither among convicts nor among prison guards, said chief of Prison Administration (IeVP) Ilona Spure in an interview to Latvijas Radio. According to her, every new convict, is put in a 14-day quarantine after arriva…

April 21, 2020

France: "on ne sait pas encore si c’est les ERIS ou le virus qui va nous mettre à terre"

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Coronavirus Europe Health Material conditions France

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April 21, 2020

Switzerland: à Genève, les juges croulent sous la supplique sanitaire

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Coronavirus Europe Justice Health Switzerland

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April 14, 2020

South America: cut prison crowding to fight Covid-19

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Coronavirus South America Health Overcrowding

(New York) – The unsanitary, overcrowded prisons and juvenile detention centers in most Latin American and Caribbean countries offer prime conditions for outbreaks of COVID-19 that could severely affect the health of detainees and of the population at large, Human Rights Watch said today. In March…

April 14, 2020

France: à Fresnes, la double peine du confinement

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Coronavirus Europe Health France

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April 14, 2020

France: face au coronavirus, la déflation carcérale a commencé

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Coronavirus Europe Health Material conditions France

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April 14, 2020

Belgium: "les prisons sont au bord de l’explosion, on risque le drame"

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Coronavirus Europe Access to legal rights Health Drugs Violence Social ties Belgium

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April 10, 2020

Burundi: "Some people are sleeping outside in the rain"

Testimonial

Africa Health Material conditions Overcrowding Burundi

D. is incarcerated in the Mpimba prison. He is one of over 4000 inmates in a dilapidated establishment that was designed to hold up to 800. He describes his day to day life.

April 10, 2020

Malta: Corradino prison staff start week-long shifts to reduce Covid-19 risks

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Coronavirus Europe Health Work Malta

Corradino Correctional Facility staff have begun working in week-long shifts as increasingly tight anti-coronavirus measures are adopted to avoid an outbreak of the disease in the prison.