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16 de septiembre de 2016

UK : prisoner died after jail staff "failed to treat his severe asthma"

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Salud Violencia Reino Unido

A prison inmate who suffered from severe asthma died due to “serious failings” in the way jail staff managed his medical condition, a coroner has ruled. Senior Coroner Andre Rebello has warned that unless lessons are learned from the death of Ashley Gil, the prison service may experience future fat…

14 de septiembre de 2016

England and Wales : rise in prisoners moved to mental health hospitals

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Salud Salud mental Reino Unido

More prisoners are being diagnosed with mental health problems requiring hospital treatment, official figures obtained by the Guardian show. The number of male prisoners being transferred to hospital under the 1983 Mental Health Act grew by more than 20% between 2011 and 2014 in England and Wales,…

26 de julio de 2016

Madagascar: detención y malnutrición, na pena doble, a veces fatal

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África Salud Madagascar

En Madagascar, aproximadamente uno de cada dos reclusos padece malnutrición moderada o grave. En 2015, se constató malnutrición en más de 9 000 detenidos, quienes recibieron atención en el marco de un programa de alimentación de emergencia tendiente a recuperar esta población extremadamente vulnera…

24 de julio de 2016

Canada: medical complaint challenges British Columbia prison’s use of segregation

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Salud Canadá

After seven days in solitary confinement, Brett Crane told prison staff he wanted to transform into a werewolf. As his days in “the pit” marched on, he says he saw demons, heard voices and predicted that an imminent earthquake would wipe out humanity.

24 de julio de 2016

Scotland : nearly 70 prisoners sign petition alleging "medical neglect" at Edinburgh prison

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Salud Protesta Reino Unido

An investigation is underway after 65 prisoners signed a petition criticising the medical services at Edinburgh prison. The inmates have alleged “serious medical neglect” and claim that a prisoner who died recently did not get the help he needed.

22 de julio de 2016

UK : an inmate dies in apparent overdose after calls for help allegedly ignored

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Salud Drogas Violencia Reino Unido

A prisoner who died after apparently overdosing on prescription medicines had allegedly been ringing her cell alarm bell for more than two hours with no response, the Guardian has learned.

21 de julio de 2016

France : les carences du système de santé en prison

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Europa Salud Francia

Les données disponibles sur la santé des détenus “sont anormalement anciennes”, regrettent d’emblée les rapporteurs de l’IGAS, après avoir décrit l’état clinique de la population carcérale telle qu’elle était analysée dans des études des années 2001 à 2004. “Seule l’étude sur le VIH (virus du sida)…

18 de julio de 2016

USA : mass incarceration is making infectious diseases worse

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Salud Estados Unidos

Depriving people of condoms and medications puts everyone at risk. Some countries do make condoms available to prisoners, while others cite security issues, or blanket prohibitions of sex. Only last year, California became the second state to require that condoms be available to all prisoners. Even…

15 de junio de 2016

USA : federal officials ignored years of internal warnings about deaths at private prisons

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Salud Estados Unidos

In February, The Nation reported that at least 38 men died in the BOP’s privately run prisons from 1998 to 2014 in the wake of inadequate medical care. An examination of thousands of pages of previously unreleased files revealed that gravely ill prisoners had been left untreated, or relegated to th…

31 de mayo de 2016

Haïti : à la prison civile de Jacmel comme au bout de l’enfer

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América Central y el Caribe Salud Superpoblación Haití

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15 de abril de 2016

France : suicides and meds blight French prisons

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Europa Salud Suicidio Francia

Suicide rates in French prisons are almost double the European average. The latest data from the Council of Europe, in a report published in December 2015, shows that the rate in France was 12.4 suicides per 10,000 inmates in 2013. The median rate across the European Union was 5.4 suicides per 10,0…

6 de abril de 2016

Etats-Unis : les prisonniers séropositifs privés de soins en Louisiane

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Salud Estados Unidos

Human Right Watch (HRW) a reccueilli les témoignages d’anciens détenus précedemment incarcérés dans des prisons de la Louisiane (sud des États-Unis), sur la dangereuse absence de soins en matière de VIH. HRW a publié à ce sujet un rapport émettant plusieurs recommandations afin de réformer ce systè…

5 de abril de 2016

France : inadequate mental health care in prisons

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Europa Salud Salud mental Francia

Detention Conditions, Lack of Treatment Increase Suffering — Thousands of men and women with psychosocial disabilities in French prisons are at risk of suicide or harming themselves because of the neglect of their physical and mental health, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

1 de abril de 2016

Côte d'Ivoire : la prison d’Abidjan, laboratoire de la lutte contre le VIH-sida

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África Salud Côte d’Ivoire

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14 de marzo de 2016

Cambodia : Interior Ministry admits to prison drug problem

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Asia Salud Drogas Camboya

In what one commentator described as “a bold step”, the Interior Ministry’s prisons department has seemingly admitted it has a drug problem, and last week sent a letter requesting the Health Ministry’s assistance in tackling it.

4 de marzo de 2016

South Africa: filth, disease, sex and violence for Pollsmoor's female inmates

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Mujeres Salud Violencia Sudáfrica

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25 de mayo de 2015

Sierra Leona: prisiones precarias, pero libres de ébola

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África Salud Sierra Leona

La prisión central de máxima seguridad de Freetown se construyó para albergar a no más de 324 reclusos. Actualmente son más de 1.400 los que viven abarrotados en las celdas.