Prisons

A prison (also known as a jail or gaol (dated, British and Australian English), penitentiary (American English), detention center (or centre if outside the US), correction center (American English), correctional facility, lock-up or remand center) is a facility in which inmates (or prisoners) are forcibly confined and denied a variety of freedoms under the authority of the state. Prisons are most commonly used within a criminal justice system: people charged with crimes may be imprisoned until their trial; those pleading or being found guilty of crimes at trial may be sentenced to a specified period of imprisonment. In simplest terms, …

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Amnesty International · 5 November 2024 English

Women in Yemen are facing online blackmail and harassment on the Facebook platform, facilitated by the failure of the authorities to take adequate measures to protect women’s right to privacy …

guardianship restriction for releasing women from prisons, 25 January 2023, https://www.amnesty.org/en/ dianship-restriction-for-releasing-women-from-prisons/Amnesty International Public Statement www.amnesty


Amnesty International · 5 November 2024 Arabic

Women in Yemen are facing online blackmail and harassment on the Facebook platform, facilitated by the failure of the authorities to take adequate measures to protect women’s right to privacy …

/end-the-male-guardianship-restriction-for-releasing-women-from-prisonsنايب ماع – ةمظنم وفعلا ةيلودلا www.amnesty.org/ar


UN-Habitat: UN Human Settlements Programme · 4 November 2024 English

together with the World Bank, funded the Mozambique Cities and Climate Project: among the areas targeted was the coastal city of Beira, 276 WORLD CITIES REPORT 2024 Box 10.1: The …

hospitals, non-ambulatory facilities such as prisons or The Temasek Foundation Urban Resilience Program


WHO: World Health Organization · 3 November 2024 English

"day" schools reporting cases. Furthermore, two prisons have reported confirmed cases, both linked to


UNAMA: United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan · 31 October 2024 English

from the UN Security Council.2 • Inspectors of de facto Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Law on Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice are responsible for …

including: assurances to all inmates courts, as well as prisons to evaluate and journalists that anyone witnessing


WHO: World Health Organization · 31 October 2024 English

The Roadmap on antimicrobial resistance for the WHO European Region 2023–2030supports Member States to identify, prioritize, implement and monitor high impactinterventions to tackle antimicrobial resistance (‎AMR)‎. Organized aroundan AMR Compass, …

in extreme living conditions, such as those in prisons or refugee camps. 25Interventions 10. Financial


Amnesty International · 29 October 2024 English

Beatings, electric shocks and stress positions all commonplace Iraqis returned from Al-Hol detention camp in north-east Syria Authorities must act now before thousands more face similar violations Iraqis are being …

similar to those faced by Iraqi men transferred from prisons in north-east Syria to the Iraqi authorities, which


UN: The United Nations · 29 October 2024 English

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those kidnapped individuals are in secret militia prisons, subjected to torture and cruel, degrading and


UN: The United Nations · 29 October 2024 French

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et les personnes enlevées croupissent dans les prisons secrètes des milices, soumises à la torture et


Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 28 October 2024 English

was implicit in the Prospect article: the role of … Continue reading Prisons and prisons-of-the-mind – how the biggest barrier to prisons reform is public opinion

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