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Africa: "the state of prisons is not fixed"
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…
Spain: ‘terrified’ prisoners in Mallorca demand to be set free after ‘degrading’ response to Covid-19 that ‘violates their human rights’
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…Cyprus: Nicosia prisons lays out measures taken since March 10
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…Latvia: no COVID-19 infection cases found in prisons so far
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…France: "on ne sait pas encore si c’est les ERIS ou le virus qui va nous mettre à terre"
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Switzerland: à Genève, les juges croulent sous la supplique sanitaire
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South America: cut prison crowding to fight Covid-19
(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…France: à Fresnes, la double peine du confinement
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France: face au coronavirus, la déflation carcérale a commencé
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Belgium: "les prisons sont au bord de l’explosion, on risque le drame"
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Greece: Covid-19, in prisons isolation is not enough
COVID-19 has forced millions of people around the globe into self-isolation and quarantine; however, millions were already living in isolation. People detained in Greek prisons are among those who must now face the pandemic with limited or no access to protective means, while living conditions in p…
Australia: prison radicalisation and deradicalisation
A number of people who have committed acts of terrorism were radicalised in prison. Examples include Richard Reid (the 2001 ‘shoe-bomber’), some individuals involved in the 2004 Madrid bombing, and the attackers who committed the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris in 2015. Studies of European and US j…
UK: the role of online visits in supporting family contact
Following discussion with families who currently have a loved one in prison, Prison Reform Trust associate Sarah Beresford reflects on the role that allowing greater use of virtual visits could play in helping people in prison and their loved ones through the Covid-19 pandemic, and beyond. “Maybe t…South America: por qué es tan importante evitar que el coronavirus entre en las cárceles
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France: les avocats traînent la garde des Sceaux en justice
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Argentina: jueza pidió informes sobre la situación sanitaria en cárceles
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Argentina: establecen protocolo para ingreso y uso de celulares en cárceles
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Africa: penser la prison à l'heure de la pandémie de Coronavirus
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Europe: le taux d’incarcération est resté stable en 2019
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France: en 2019, ils sont morts en prison
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