Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

March 22, 2021

New Zealand: prison suicide attempt response suggests 'systemic issues'

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Oceania Mental health Violence New Zealand

A leading advocate for prison reform says distressing findings of how an inmate was treated should lead to significant change within the criminal justice system.

March 22, 2021

North Korea: using prison labor to defy sanctions, rights group says

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Asia Violence Work North Korea

North Korea has stepped up its use of forced labor from prison camps to mine coal for export so it can procure cash for its nuclear weapons program in defiance of United Nations sanctions, according to a human rights group.

March 19, 2021

Haïti: un rapport évoque la complicité et le manque de gardiens dans l’évasion sanglante de février

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Central America and the Caribbean Material conditions Protest Violence Haiti

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March 17, 2021

Dubai: temor por la seguridad de Sheikha Latifa tras los mensajes que revelan su situación de “rehén”

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Women Middle East Torture Violence United Arab Emirates

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March 17, 2021

Argelia: tácticas represivas contra activistas de Hirak dos años después

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Africa Pre-trial detention Access to legal rights Torture Violence Algeria

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March 17, 2021

España: décadas sin respuesta a miles de denuncias de desaparición forzada, apropiación y/o sustitución de identidad de niños y niñas

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Women Europe Access to legal rights Violence Spain

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March 17, 2021

Rusia: denuncian el traslado de Navalny de la cárcel a un paradero desconocido

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Asia Access to legal rights Violence Russia

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March 17, 2021

Haití: sangrienta fuga de una cárcel, se escaparon 400 presos y hay 25 muertos

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Central America and the Caribbean Protest Overcrowding Violence Haiti

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March 1, 2021

China: Tibetan tour guide dies from prison injuries

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Asia Access to legal rights Justice Torture Violence China

Sentenced to 21 years for providing information to foreign media.

March 1, 2021

South Africa: investigating prison for profit

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Africa Material conditions Facilities Torture Violence South Africa

Violence has deep roots in South Africa, going back to colonial conquest and the apartheid state. Which is why those who end up in prison receive very little sympathy, and even less coverage in the national press.

March 1, 2021

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

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South America Drugs Protest Violence Ecuador

“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

Irán: recluso sometido a 60 azotes y en riesgo de amputación tras intento de suicidio

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Middle East Health Mental health Torture Violence Iran

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March 1, 2021

Bielorrusia: las autoridades atacan a menores de edad para reprimir la disidencia

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Pre-trial detention Europe Minors Protest Violence Belarus

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March 1, 2021

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

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South America Protest Overcrowding Violence Ecuador

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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 24, 2021

New Zealand: treatment at Auckland women's prison 'degrading' and 'inhumane' - judge

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Women Oceania Access to legal rights Justice Material conditions Violence New Zealand

Auckland Women’s Prison treated inmates in a “degrading,” “cruel” and “inhumane” manner in a “concerted effort to break their spirit,” according to a stinging ruling from a district court judge.

February 24, 2021

India: misgendering, sexual violence, what it is to be a transgender in a prison

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Asia LGBTQI Violence India

The Wire’s Sukanya finds how the transgender community faced physical and sexual violence in Indian prisons, and their complaints overlooked by the authorities.

February 15, 2021

Algérie : des ONG se mobilisent contre la torture et les conditions de détention

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Africa Pre-trial detention Access to legal rights Justice Protest Torture Violence Algeria

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February 15, 2021

Rusia: liberen a Aleksei Navalny, envenenado, detenido y condenado injustamente

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Asia Access to legal rights Justice Material conditions Torture Violence Russia

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February 15, 2021

Arabia Saudí: la liberación de la defensora de los derechos de las mujeres Loujain al Hathloul llega con mucho retraso

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Women Middle East Access to legal rights Torture Violence Saudi Arabia

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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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