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Brasil: Pelea en una cárcel causa cinco muertos y 18 heridos
Un pelea entre presos en una cárcel de la ciudad brasileña de Salvador, capital del
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Dr. Dreisinger is the founder of the Incarceration Nations Network (INN), an international community that works to support, instigate and popularize prison reform efforts around the world. Prison Insider met her in Lyon during a joint screening of the docuseries. We asked her three questions in a v…
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by governments, only hardened these youths to recommence their criminal operations once back in their country of origin. Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala have
Venezuela: the moment before
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Ana Maria Arévalo Gosen takes photographs of women incarcerated in Latin America. She explains the genesis of her project Días Eternos and comments on one of her images.
About the things we keep
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lost time confined by four walls. A prose poem.
“It is worth dying for all those things without which it is not worth living.” — Salvador Allende
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Aunque Chile es hoy el país con la tasa de homicidios más baja en América Latina según datos de la ONU, figura, en contraste, entre las naciones con mayor cantidad de asesinatos en las cárceles.
Unclear fates behind bars
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Pre-trial detention
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Oceania
”Since 2000, the overall number of pre-trial detainees has increased by 30%”. They are now up to three million people to be held awaiting trial around the world. What is the purpose of pre-trial detention? How it is used around the world?
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Long-term prisoners
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“Being encased within steel and mortar shouldn’t alter the fundamental essence of a human being. Amid the brutality and apathy of the prison system, some find the ability to be creative” (Steeldoorstudios exposes the challenges of the creative process in prison.)
Asia
Comité para la Protección de los Periodistas señala, que al menos, 250 hombres de prensa están en cárceles alrededor del mundo, 48 de ellos en China.
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Central America and the Caribbean
El régimen cubano anunció ayer que indultará, en las próximas semanas, a más de 2.600 presos. Según las informaciones divulgadas por los medios de prensa oficialistas, este indulto es “en consonancia con la nueva Constitución, que entre sus postulados favorece la reinserción social de las personas…
Argentina: managing uncertainty
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Coronavirus
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As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the Argentinian authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?
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The Covid-19 does not stop at prison gates. Prisoners often live in overcrowded cells and unsanitary contexts, sharing cells.
What measures are taken to guarantee the safety of all prisoners and prison staff? What are the consequences of the pandemic on the living conditions in prisons? — Update 31…