Tag: prisons
Horror at torture videos from Russian prisons
Russia’s prisons and penal camps are notorious for brute force. Abuse, rape and murder of prisoners often go unpunished. Now, an unprecedented amount of video document the deepest depths of…
A whistleblower on organized rape in prisons requests asylum in France
He is at the origin of an unprecedented leak of videos of organized rape and torture in Russian prisons: after an incredible journey, Belarusian Sergei Savelev asks for asylum in…
Amberg – drone defense in prisons expanded – Bavaria
Bavaria is expanding its drone defense in prisons. The Amberg correctional facility in Upper Palatinate is receiving a drone detection system that costs around 600,000 euros and is designed to…
The country singled out for the dead piling up in its prisons
The toll is terrible: since the beginning of the year 121 people have died in Ecuadorian prisons. In view of these figures, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH) therefore…