Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

February 6, 2019

USA: Justice Department orders investigation after inmates at Brooklyn prison went days without heat

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United States

The Justice Department has requested an investigation after inmates at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York, spent several days without heat or lighting.

February 5, 2019

United States: inmates at freezing federal jail in brooklyn pounded out a message

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United States

The Metropolitan Detention Center had been largely without power and heat for more than a week. Inmates have been banging on the windows of their cells to call attention to the conditions, and protesters have been rallying outside the jail calling for improvements.

February 5, 2019

USA: aumenta el uso de gas pimienta contra reclusos en cárceles juveniles de Los Ángeles

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United States

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February 4, 2019

France: Nice, un détenu se suicide en prison

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Europe Suicide France

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February 2, 2019

Argentina: en las cárceles hay casi 5.000 presos extranjeros

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South America Argentina

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February 2, 2019

France: Villefranche-sur-Saône, un détenu de 18 ans se suicide dans sa cellule

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Europe Suicide France

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February 2, 2019

Spain: funcionarios de prisiones alertan de la captación de yihadistas en las cárceles y piden formación

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Europe Spain

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February 1, 2019

United States: celebran decisión Wells Fargo de reducir apoyo a construcción cárceles

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United States

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February 1, 2019

Uruguay: se necesitan cárceles pequeñas y bien gestionadas, señaló el director de Apoyo al Liberado

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South America Uruguay

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February 1, 2019

France: surveillants de prison, un week-end de mobilisations

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Europe France

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February 1, 2019

France: trouver un logement quand on sort de prison, "personne ne peut se porter garant"

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Europe France

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February 1, 2019

Argentina: un plan para prevenir el hantavirus en las cárceles

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South America Health Argentina

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January 31, 2019

Switzerland: Étrangers dans les prisons, pourquoi ils sont si nombreux

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Europe Switzerland

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January 31, 2019

France: grève à la prison de Fleury-Mérogis

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Europe Protest France

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January 30, 2019

Colombia: corrupción en las cárceles al descubierto

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South America Colombia

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January 28, 2019

France: la prison, rite initiatique du parcours délinquant

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Europe France

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January 28, 2019

Mali: conditions de vie exécrables des surveillants de prison

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Africa Material conditions Mali

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January 28, 2019

United States : à quoi ressemble une prison américaine ? [audio]

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United States

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January 28, 2019

Brazil’s prison gangs are launching massive terrorism attacks. This explains why

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South America Violence Brazil

Just one day after his inauguration, Brazil’s right-wing populist President Jair Bolsonaro faced his first public-security crisis. On Jan. 2, prison gangs launched a terrorism campaign throughout Ceara state, paralyzing the capital city, Fortaleza. Although he has deployed federal troops, violence…

January 28, 2019

New Zealand: ICRC hands over prison support programme to ZPCS

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Oceania New Zealand

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) last week handed over its decade-long prison support programme aimed at improving prison management, infrastructure rehabilitation, food supply chain management and treatment of detained mental health patients, to the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correcti…

January 27, 2019

Spain: Castilla y León, en las cárceles de la región hay 3.200 presos menos que hace nueve años

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Europe Spain

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January 27, 2019

Spain: la cárcel como salida

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Europe Spain

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January 27, 2019

Ecuador: luces y sombras en las cárceles

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Central America and the Caribbean Ecuador

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January 25, 2019

United States: ‘You’re going to let me die from this’, prisoners fight to access a hepatitis-C cure

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Health United States

Inmates are being denied treatment, and it’s creating an epidemic.