Corruption is never good. But corruption in pretrial detention is especially insidious.
Posts Tagged “pretrial detention”
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Two people closely involved in efforts to reduce the number of prisoners awaiting trial in Uganda talk about the challenges they face.
Posted in: Africa, Rights & Justice
Topics: Africa Correctional Services Association, African Commission’s Special Rapporteur on Prisons and Places of Detention, Dupe Atoki, Elinor Chemonges, International Corrections and Prisons Association, Kirsty McCourt, Paralegal Advisory Service, pretrial detention, pretrial justice, Robert Omita Okoth, Uganda, Uganda Prison Service
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Sometimes a court conviction can be part of a cover-up, as demonstrated by two recent rulings by the European Court of Human Rights that involve police abuses in Turkey and Georgia.
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Prisons in Brazil are severely overcrowded, and inhumane conditions are commonplace. But a new law emphasizing detention alternatives offers hope.
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A new report reminds us that torture and other ill-treatment of prisoners are not aberrations; they are common, even routine, in many detention facilities around the world.
Posted in: Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Rights & Justice, United States
Topics: global campaign for pretrial justice, Kersty McCourt, pretrial detention, torture
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Nearly 10 million people—innocent or guilty—around the world are detained before trial, sometimes for months and even years. Infectious diseases such as HIV spread quickly in these settings, but few provide even basic health care.
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The police in Pakistan appear to be set up to ensure order and impose the dictates of power, rather than ensuring enforcement of the law and providing help to the masses.
Posted in: Asia, Rights & Justice
Topics: extrajudicial executions, Faisal Bari, Pakistan, police abuse, pretrial detention, torture
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It's an old story in Nigeria. Arrested, charged, and then...nothing. A recent study reported that more than 65% of Nigeria's prison population is being held awaiting trial—a legal limbo that, on average, lasts nearly four years. But a new initiative is working to change that.
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The police sector in Central Asia is in serious need of reform, but Western reform projects bring with them their own kinds of problems.
Posted in: Asia, Europe, Governance & Accountability, Rights & Justice
Topics: Central Asia, Cornelius Graubner, human rights, Kyrgyzstan, OSCE, police abuse, police reform, pretrial detention, Uzbekistan
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Some 10 million people pass through pretrial detention every year, many of them spending months or even years behind bars—without being tried or found guilty. It's a waste of human potential that undermines economic development.