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#Cuba 510 - [http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-22365244 Cuba refuses access to the Red Cross], calling that interference in internal affairs. But they know they can't open up fully to international scrutiny, because people would be horrified, | #Cuba 510 - [http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-22365244 Cuba refuses access to the Red Cross], calling that interference in internal affairs. But they know they can't open up fully to international scrutiny, because people would be horrified, | ||
#Guam (U.S.) 469 - [https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2016/aug/10/guam-correctional-issues-plague-prisoner-medical-care/ For twenty-three years a federal receiver] has overseen Guam's troubled correctional system, but unfortunately for prisoners, medical care still appears to be substandard. According ... Also contributing to prisoner health problems are the issues of chronic overcrowding and staff shortages in all departments. | #Guam (U.S.) 469 - [https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2016/aug/10/guam-correctional-issues-plague-prisoner-medical-care/ For twenty-three years a federal receiver] has overseen Guam's troubled correctional system, but unfortunately for prisoners, medical care still appears to be substandard. According ... Also contributing to prisoner health problems are the issues of chronic overcrowding and staff shortages in all departments. | ||
#Russian Federation 450 - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisons_in_Russia Overcrowding in prisons is especially conducive to the spread of tuberculosis]; according to Bobrik et al., inmates in a prison hospital have 3 meters of personal space, and inmates in correctional colonies have 2 meters. | #Russian Federation 450 - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisons_in_Russia Overcrowding in prisons is especially conducive to the spread of tuberculosis]; according to Bobrik et al., inmates in a prison hospital have 3 meters of personal space, and inmates in correctional colonies have 2 meters. Specialized hospitals and treatment facilities within the prison system, known as TB colonies, are intended to isolate infected prisoners to prevent transmission; however, as Ruddy et al. demonstrate, there are not enough colonies and isolation facilities to sufficiently protect staff and other inmates. | ||
#Thailand 445 - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Thailand Official corruption is rampant in Thailand.] Drugs are everywhere. Extrajudicial executions are common. Prisons are overcrowded, sanitary conditions deplorable. A United Nations report on the situation in Thailand states, "Many of those now incarcerated in Thailand's prisons are likely to be low-level traders and drug users, as they are more easy targets for police, rather than large scale traffickers and organised criminals". | |||
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