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El triángulo del hacinamiento en cárceles de Centroamérica
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France: fouilles à nu, l’exception qui infirme la règle
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Zimbabwe: call to commit all women inmates to open prison
THE Zimbabwe Prison Correctional Services (ZPCS) has called on government to commit all women inmates to the open prison system. ZPCS’s assistant commissioner, Christmas Tarwira said this development will greatly assist mothers incarcerated and living with their minors. “We want the government to b…
Bolivia: una consulta a los reos revela serias deficiencias en las cárceles
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Death penalty 2018: dramatic fall in global executions
Global executions fell by almost one-third last year to the lowest figure in at least a decade, Amnesty International said in its 2018 global review of the death penalty published today. The statistics assess known executions worldwide except in China, where figures thought to be in their thousands…Bolivia: tortura y tratos crueles por policías son frecuentes en cárceles
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Russia: detienen las clases de yoga en las cárceles por 'crear' presos homosexuales
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Spain: cárceles menos ocupadas, menos muertos y menos fugas que en Europa
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Netherlands: better prison food could be key in reducing re-offending
The Netherlands should look to Scandinavian examples and allow more prisoners to prepare and cook their own food, because there is evidence that they are less likely to re-offend, according to research carried out by the justice ministry.USA: California inmates detail prison conditions of maggots, mice falling in dining hall
Maggots and mice have fallen onto inmates’ dining tables at a California state prison where holes in the roof also allow rain and bird droppings to seep through and streak the walls, according to an inmate lawsuit that charges the state isn’t moving fast enough to repair deteriorating prisons.Belgium: le comité de surveillance dénonce une surpopulation record à 142% à la prison de Lantin
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Paraguay: la bomba de tiempo
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Greenland: monitoring and rehab
The country, which has a very small population, is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. Although it has enjoyed autonomy with respect to its justice system since 2009, the prison system remains under Danish control. Greenland currently has 139 prisoners and six prisons. It has an incarceration rate of 2…USA: should a pregnant person ever go to prison?
Siwatu-Salama Ra knew it was time to go to the hospital. As the early stages of her labor began on a day in late May 2018, officers placed handcuffs on her wrists and led her into the transport van. She arrived to the hospital and to a delivery room where, inside, armed guards would wait all day an…France: élections européennes, tous les détenus ne voteront pas avec la même facilité
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USA: in Alabama prison reveal horrific conditions and abuse
A trove of photographs depicting brutalized and murdered prisoners in Alabama’s St. Clair Correctional Facility has thrust the treatment of our nation’s 2.3 million incarcerated people into public view. The first horror is what these people have endured in prison. The second horror is that while sh…France: "graves problèmes" de surpopulation carcérale
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USA: free prison calls could finally be coming to connecticut
Connecticut may soon be the first state in the nation to make calls from prison free for incarcerated people and their families, following on the heels of New York City, which became the first city to do so last year. Decades of research have shown that keeping in touch with loved ones while incarc…France: loi de réforme de la justice : principales dispositions pénales
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Venezuela: las mujeres también son “pranes”
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Belgium: "derrière nos actes", la prison de Lantin expose ses détenus
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