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United Kingdom: more than 80% of men in prison suffered "childhood adversity"
Male prisoners are much more likely than men in the wider population to have suffered childhood adversities such as child maltreatment or living in a home with domestic violence, according to a new report by Public Health Wales and Bangor University.
Uruguay: “hay una desconexión total entre la política social y la criminal”
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United Kingdom: dundee dental students scoop award for oral health prison project
Chief Executive of the Oral Health Foundation, Dr. Nigel Carter OBE, has visited the University of Dundee School of Dentistry, to judge community oral health projects and present an award to the winning group. Fourth-year dental students were asked to select an area or group in the local community.…
Belgium: une panne d'électricité a touché la prison de Nivelles, les visites supprimées
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Turkey: purged teacher dies of heart attack after prison administration ignores doctor’s recommendations
Muzaffer Özcengiz, a teacher who was purged from civil service and jailed after a 2016 coup attempt in Turkey, died from a heart attack on Friday in a one-person cell in Çorum Prison, although doctors had urged the prison administration to relocate him to a ward because he could not survive on his…France: 5 342 détenus pourront voter en prison pour les européennes
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Switzerland: un débat sur la réinsertion des prisonniers relancé
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Argentina: "inflación" en las cárceles, seis de cada diez presos no tienen condena firme
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Venezuela: testimonio del horror, habla un torturado en una cárcel militar chavista
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Spain: denuncian la falta de asistencia psiquiátrica en las cárceles de Castellón
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New Zealand: prison population tips over 10,000 again, but still 1500 below forecast
The prison muster has tipped over 10,000 again, but the declining trend has Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis looking to phase out double bunking and retiring “cramped horrible cells”. The current prison population, considered to be at crisis level a year ago, was at 10,039 last week - 300 higher t…Belgium: un double meurtrier prépare sa demande d'euthanasie
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Ireland: Minister expresses ‘grave concern’ over prison deaths in internal correspondence
Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan has expressed “grave concern” at the handling of deaths in prisons, according to internal prison service correspondence seen by the Irish Examiner. The minister’s concern followed a recent inquest in Cork which heard that CCTV footage showed that a written reco…United States of America: prison population is shrinking
In 2018, the number of prisoners hit a nine-year low. But some states are resisting the trend. The number of people in U.S. prisons fell to a nine-year low of just under 1.5 million last year, a 1.3 percent decrease, according to a report released today by the nonprofit Vera Institute of Justice.Paraguay: las cárceles, una bomba a punto de explotar [vídeo]
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Belgium: la grève des gardiens de prison a coûté 3 millions
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Myanmar: prison strikes and riot following ‘unfair’ presidential pardon
Inmates at Shwebo Prison and Mopalin Labor Camp have staged demonstrations and called for a review after they were excluded from this year’s presidential pardons. The demonstrations were mainly staged by those serving their time under articles 15 and 16 of the 1993 Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic S…Portugal: quiere permitir que las cabinas telefónicas y móviles en las cárceles
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Kazakhstan: troops enter prison, sparking concerns about treatment of inmates
Relatives of inmates at a prison in Kazakhstan say soldiers with service dogs entered the facility, while concerned activists and familiy members were denied entry. Relatives of inmates at Correctional Colony LA-155/14 near Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest city, told RFE/RL on April 24 that they saw se…
Bolivia: fiscalía resuelve la situación penal de 39 internos para descongestionar las cárceles de Tarija
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