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Colombia: ultimátum a cárcel de mujeres en San Diego que está en riesgo de desplomarse
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Russia: 'Black Hole', prosecutors probing allegations of punitive psychiatric treatment in Siberian prison
Igor Sovchuk, a prisoner at prison IK-6 in the city of Tyumen, Siberia, complained repeatedly of a headache. After being told repeatedly to shut up, the guards finally agreed to take him to the medical unit. He was given an injection and sent back to his cell.
France: une vie entre les murs, le défi des longues peines de prison
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USA : douzième exécution depuis le début de l’année
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USA: Kansas’ low-staff, long-term prison deal hints at a booming future for private corrections
On Valentine’s Day at one of Kansas’ largest state prisons, the new Democratic governor, Laura Kelly, stood before a room of corrections officers in body armor and black polos and begged them not to leave their jobs.
Protecting LGBTI people deprived of their freedom: a fundamental duty
The Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT), headquartered in Geneva, has been working for forty years to prevent abuse in prison, especially by strengthening the monitoring bodies in places of deprivation of liberty. It is publishing a monitoring guide for the protection of LGBTI persons i…
Cameroon: Human Rights Watch dénonce la torture de détenus
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India: overcrowding, inadequate staff and lack of menstrual products in Haryana prisons: study
Undignified body searches, absence of proper health and hygiene facilities for female prisoners, inadequate staff, overcrowding and racism are some of the issues afflicting prisons in Haryana, a study by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) and Haryana State Legal Services Authority has…
“Prison confines the world in small spaces”
Books written by Brigitte Brami carry an impression of walls and confinement: all her works are either inspired by or were completed in prison. Solidarity between women, violence, and body constraints: this is how she perceives prisons. Prison Insider spoke to Brigitte Brami, a poet and former pris…Spain: se duplican las muertes por consumo de drogas en las cárceles
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Nicaragua: cárcel y homofobia
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