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South Africa: plans under way to remove babies of offenders from East London prison after Covid-19 outbreak
The correctional services department is making plans for babies of two offenders at an East London female prison to be taken to their mothers’ families after cases of Covid-19 at the correctional facility. There are 26 confirmed coronavirus cases at the East London Correctional Centre. Three are in…
USA: inmates at N.J. women’s prison endured years of sex abuse, justice dept. finds
WASHINGTON — Inmates at New Jersey’s only state prison for women were regularly sexually assaulted by guards and sometimes forced to engage in sex acts with other prisoners while staff members looked on, according to a Justice Department report released on Monday detailing widespread, pervasive sex…
Afghanistan: prison chief laments conditions in country's jails
In unusually frank comments on April 21, Afghanistan’s new prison chief Ahmad Rashid Totakhail complained to journalists about widespread abuses in the country’s prison system. Totakhail described problems ranging from the lack of a comprehensive database on the length of detainees’ sentences to se…Russia: penitentiaries in the pandemic
Russian officials say coronavirus hasn’t infected a single inmate, but COVID-19 has undeniably changed life behind bars in big ways Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, several countries around the world have begun releasing large numbers of inmates to curb the spread of the disease behind pri…
Cambodia: exclusive footage reveals deplorable prison conditions
Amnesty International is releasing shocking footage providing first-hand evidence of the inhumane conditions and extreme overcrowding inside one of Cambodia’s prisons. The organization recently called the country’s detention facilities a “ticking time bomb” for a potentially disastrous coronavirus…
Nigeria: 70% of Nigerian prisoners held without trial
At least three-quarters of Nigeria’s total prison population are inmates serving time without being sentenced, the Nigerian Correctional Service said this on Thursday. The head of the agency, Ja’afaru Ahmed, 51,983 inmates are awaiting trial out of the prison’s total population of 73, 726 inmates.…
Greece: reforming prison system and ending police ill-treatment are urgent priorities, says CPT
After a visit to prisons in Greece last year, the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) recommends that the Greek authorities remedy structural problems that have led to enduring ill-treatment of detainees, prison overcrow…Spain: las videollamadas llegan a las cárceles
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Argentina: no hay tobilleras para todos los que reciben la domiciliaria
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Egypt: un agujero negro en tiempos del coronavirus
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USA: el miedo al coronavirus en las cárceles provoca huelgas de hambre, protestas y motines
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Argentina: coronavirus y cárceles, tensión en la Cámara de Casación Penal
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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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Colombia: la situación en las cárceles sigue sin solución
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Colombia: a un mes de tragedia en La Modelo, 73 casos de covid-19 en cárceles
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Death penalty 2019: les chiffres les plus bas de la décennie
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France: les bons de sortie sont rares pour les prévenus
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Russia: répression féroce dans une prison de Sibérie
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France: le système judiciaire et les prisons à l'épreuve de la pandémie
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USA: la détresse des détenus libérés en pleine pandémie
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Chad: la polémique enfle après la mort de membres présumés de Boko Haram en prison
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France: la crise sanitaire prouve que réduire la surpopulation carcérale est possible
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