Prisons: the forgotten in the fight against Covid-19
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Venezuelan prisons are said to be overcrowded and inmates suffering from malnutrition in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis (illustration photo).
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By: Romain Auzouy
21 mins
The organization Amnesty International publishes a report carried out in 35 countries on the management of the coronavirus crisis, in penitentiary establishments.
It emerges that "detainees all over the world have been ignored" because of unsuccessful health measures.
The NGO also denounces an excess of control which has led to "serious violations of human rights".
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Is it possible to establish a global panorama of the impact of the Covid-19 crisis in prisons?
What should be done to improve the situation?
National vaccination plans are called for, or even a reduction in prison overcrowding, which is a vector of contagion.
With our guests
Tamara Leger,
researcher for Amnesty International, based in our Regional Office for Southern Africa in Johannesburg and
Carolina Nascimento,
coordinator of Prison insider.
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