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USA: le Missouri va mener une exécution avec distanciation sociale
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USA: crime doesn’t pay but prison does, even amidst a pandemic
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As factories and other businesses remain shuttered across America, people in prisons in at least 40 states continue going to work. Sometimes they earn pennies an hour, or nothing at all, making masks and hand sanitizer to help guard others from the coronavirus. Those same men and…
Israel: Middle East Monitor UN officials call on Israel to release Palestinian children from prison
In a joint press statement sent to MEMO on Sunday, senior UN officials have called on Israel to release Palestinian children from prison in the light of the spread of Covid-19. “We are seriously concerned over the continued detention of Palestinian children by the Israeli authorities,” said Jamie M…
UK: Erlestoke Prison inmates self-harmed hundreds of times
Erlestoke Prison recorded hundreds of self-harm incidents among its inmates last year, figures show. Charity The Howard League for Penal Reform said numbers for England and Wales reveal the “sheer scale of human misery behind bars”. Ministry of Justice data recorded 263 self-harm incidents at HMP E…
Iran: Ahwazi detainees’ families stage protests at Shaiban Prison against inhuman treatment
Ahwazi detainees’ families protested outside the infamous Shaiban Prison in the regional capital, Ahwaz, on Saturday May 9, demanding access to their loved ones’ and information on their condition and wellbeing. During their protests, the desperately worried families angrily mocked the regime’s cla…Coronavirus: distintos países del mundo descongestionan las cárceles
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South America: al borde del colapso por la pandemia
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Venezuela: la anarquía en las cárceles es puesta al descubierto con una masacre por comida
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Colombia: E-Containers ofrece cárceles en contenedores para dar solución al hacinamiento
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Nicaragua: amnistía alerta sobre coronavirus en cárceles
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France: Khaled Miloudi, la plume en vaut la peine
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France: "on a enfin le temps de faire du bon boulot"
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France: dans les prisons aussi, le droit à la santé doit être garanti
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Swiss: proportion la plus faible d'étrangers en prison depuis 15 ans
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France: déconfinement, une galère pour l'administration pénitentiaire
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Democratic Republic of Congo: dans les prisons surpeuplées, un risque de contaminations en chaîne
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France: désengorgement des prisons, " beaucoup de détenus ne sont pas prêts"
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Côte d'Ivoire: un journaliste tabassé et menacé de mort pour une enquête sur la prison d'Abidjan
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Italy: government looks to reverse flood of mafiosi leaving jail over coronavirus
ROME (Reuters) - Elderly mobsters recently let out of jail over fears they might catch the new coronavirus in Italy’s overcrowded prisons may soon be put back behind bars, Justice Minister Alfonso Bonafede said on Wednesday following an outcry. Some 376 mafiosi and drug dealers have been allowed to…Colombia: el coronavirus anda libre en una prisión hacinada
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