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Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails launch protest campaign

Published on: February 25, 2023
08:48

Ramallah, Feb 25 (Prensa Latina) Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have launched a protest campaign against prison administration in rejection of punitive measures.

Israel plans to cut off medical care for Palestinian prisoners

Published on: February 24, 2023
08:48

Ramallah, Feb 24 (Prensa Latina) The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) denounced a project to deprive thousands of compatriots imprisoned in Israeli jails, of medical care.

Tension rises in Israeli prisons

Published on: January 17, 2023
08:40

Ramallah, Jan 17 (Prensa Latina) The punitive policies adopted recently by the Israel Prison Service (IPS) against Palestinian prisoners will cause an explosion, warned an official source.

U.S.: Sexual abuse rampant in federal prisons – investigation finds

Published on: December 13, 2022
15:11

Washington, Dec 13 (Prensa Latina) Inmates in at least two-thirds of federal prisons were victims of sexual violence by Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) staff and officials during the last decade.

Israel arrested more than 750 Palestinian minors in 2022

Published on: November 19, 2022
08:35

Ramallah, Nov 19 (Prensa Latina) Israeli security forces arrested more than 750 Palestinian children and adolescents since the beginning of 2022, an NGO denounced Saturday.

Foreign detainees being held in jail despite completing sentences

Published on: October 13, 2022
16:09

London, Oct 13 (Prensa Latina) As many as 600 foreign detainees are being held for long periods in jail despite completing sentences for their crimes, a review by the prison watchdog has found.

Haiti: Dozens of inmates starve to death in prisons

Published on: September 29, 2022
13:50

Port-au-Prince, Sep 29 (Prensa Latina) The Office for the Protection of the Citizen (OPC) on Thursday condemned that at least 12 inmates died in prison in just one month, a situation described as catastrophic in Haiti's prison conditions.

Uruguayan parliamentary recognizes bad conditions in prisons

Published on: September 19, 2022
09:48

Montevideo, Sep 19 (Prensa Latina) There are 26 penitentiary centers in Uruguay, and "the conditions are very bad" in a third of them, acknowledged parliamentary commissioner Juan Miguel Petit.

Over 4,600 Palestinians held in Israel prisons

Published on: September 12, 2022
16:25

Ramallah, Sep 12 (Prensa Latina) More than 4,600 Palestinians are currently imprisoned in Israeli jails, including 180 minors and 32 women, the Commission for Prisoners and Former Prisoners, Palestinian Prisoners' Society, Addameer Prisoners' Human Rights and Support Association and Wadi Hilweh Information Center condemned.

Death toll rises in Haitian prisons

Published on: September 8, 2022
08:09

Port-au-Prince, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) Seventeen inmates died this year in the Jacmel civilian prison, four of them last week, denounced the Makaya Society, a human rights defense organization.

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