ENDNOTES
247 For a detailed analysis of the countries where
same-sex activity between consenting adults
is illegal, see www.equaldex.com.
248 Aengus Carroll and Lucas Ramón Mendos,
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans
and Intersex Association, State Sponsored
Homophobia: A world survey of sexual
orientation laws: criminalisation, protection
and recognition, 12th edition, May 2017.
249 Committee against Torture, Eighth annual
report of the Subcommittee on Prevention
of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment,
CAT/C/54/2, 26 March 2015, para. 69.
250 ‘Chechnya: two dead and dozens held in
LGBT purge, say activists’, The Guardian,
14 January 2019, www.theguardian.com/
world/2019/jan/14/chechnya-two-dead-anddozens-held-in-lgbt-purge-reports.
251 UN Security Council, Report of the
Secretary-General on conflict-related sexual
violence, S/2018/250, 23 March 2018.
252 Association for the Prevention of Torture,
Towards the Effective Protection of LGBTI
Persons Deprived of Liberty: A Monitoring
Guide, 2018, p29.
253 Ibid.
254 Ibid.
255 ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’: Breaking the cycle
of violence against LGBTI persons in
detention’, PRI blog, 4 December 2018,
www.penalreform.org/blog/dont-ask-donttell-breaking-the-cycle-of.
265 ‘Denmark introduces prison intelligence
service’, The Local, 27 July 2018,
www.thelocal.dk/20180727/denmarkintroduces-prison-intelligence-service.
266 Ibid.
267 ‘Emergency meeting called over prison
violence’, Ekathimerini, 21 January 2019,
www.ekathimerini.com/236798/article/
ekathimerini/news/emergency-meetingcalled-over-prison-violence.
268 ‘At least seven dead in riot at Guatemalan
maximum-security prison’, Business Insider,
30 September 2018, www.businessinsider.
com/r-at-least-seven-dead-in-riot-atguatemalan-maximum-security-prison-20189?r=UK and ‘Eleven killed in fresh prison
riot in Venezuela’, Business Insider, 18 May
2018, www.businessinsider.com/r-elevenkilled-in-fresh-prison-riot-in-venezuela-20185?r=UK.
269 ‘Nine dead in latest outbreak of Brazilian
prison violence’, Reuters, 1 January 2018,
uk.reuters.com/article/uk-brazil-prison-riot/
nine-dead-in-latest-outbreak-of-brazilianprison-violence-idUKKBN1EQ1AI.
270 ‘9 inmates dead, 19 on the run in Brazil
after prison break’, National Post, 3 October
2018, nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/9inmates-dead-19-on-the-run-in-brazil-afterprison-break.
271 ‘11 injured as clash erupts in Sri Lankan
prison’, Xinhua News, 20 August 2018,
www.xinhuanet.com/english/201808/20/c_137405344.htm.
256 ‘Transgender inmates will no longer be
kept in Isolation, Israel Prison Service
Announces’, Haaretz, 17 April 2018,
www.haaretz.com/israel-news.premiumtransgender-prisoners-won-t-be-put-inisolation-anymore-1.6009178.
272 ‘Ill-Treatment of Inmates Blamed As
Unrest Breaks Out at Siberian Prison’,
RadioFreeEurope RadioLiberty, 20 October
2018, www.rferl.org/a/ill-treatment-ofinmates-blamed-as-unrest-breaks-out-atsiberian-prison/29531749.html.
257 ‘Connecticut becomes the first state to
give transgender prisoners the legal right
to be housed according to their gender
identity’, Newsweek, 29 May 2018,
www.newsweek.com/connecticuttransgender-prisoners-first-us-win-right-behoused-according-947312.
273 ‘At least 27 killed in Tajikistan prison
riot- security sources’, Reuters, 8 November
2018, uk.reuters.com/article/uk-tajikistankhujand/tajik-security-forces-kill-at-least13-inmates-in-prison-riot-security-sourcesidUKKCN1ND0JZ?il=0.
258 ‘U.S. rolls back protections for
transgender prison inmates’, Reuters,
12 May 2018, uk.reuters.com/article/
uk-usa-lgbt-prisons/u-s-rolls-backprotections-for-transgender-prison-inmatesidUKKCN1ID0OF.
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259 For example, see HM Prison and Probation
Service, Understanding prison violence:
a rapid evidence assessment, Analytical
Summary 2018, p1.
260 ‘Violence on the rise in Sweden’s nearly
full prisons’, Prison Insider, 12 July 2018,
www.prison-insider.com/en/news/violenceon-the-rise-in-sweden-s-nearly-full-prisons.
261 Ibid.
262 ‘Diverse mix of gangs a growing security
challenge for federal prisons’, CBC News,
25 March 2018, www.cbc.ca/news/politics/
prison-gangs-diverse-csc-1.4590649.
263 ‘It’s chaos’: One dead as prison gangs
clash at Leeuwkop’, Times Live, 13 March
2018, www.timeslive.co.za/news/southafrica/2018-03-13-its-chaos-one-dead-asprison-gangs-clash-at-leeuwkop.
264 ‘Over half of Mountjoy prisoners in protection
regimes due to gang violence’, The Irish
Times, 26 October 2018, www.irishtimes.
com/news/crime-and-law/over-half-ofmountjoy-prisoners-in-protection-regimesdue-to-gang-violence-1.3677178.
274 ‘Indonesia: prison break, convicts on the
run after disaster’, Prison Insider, 1 October
2018, www.prison-insider.com/en/news/
indonesie-1-200-detenus-profitent-duseisme-pour-s-evader-de-prison.
275 ‘Haiti prison break: All inmates escape
from Aquin’, BBC News, 12 February
2019, www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latinamerica-47220832.
276 ‘Probe launched into Pollsmoor assaults’,
IOL, 28 August 2018, www.iol.co.za/
capeargus/news/probe-launched-intopollsmoor-assaults-16776726.
277 ‘Report: Maltreatment, torture in Turkish
prisons continue unabated’, Stockholm
Center for Freedom, 22 May 2018,
stockholmcf.org/report-maltreatment-torturein-turkish-prisons-continue-unabated.
278 ‘G4S snared by torture allegations
at Bloemfontein jail’, Business Day,
5 June 2018, www.businesslive.co.za/bd/
national/2018-06-05-g4s-snared-by-tortureallegations-at-bloemfontein-jail.
279 ‘South Sudan: Arbitrary arrests, torture
of detainees despite repeated promises’,
Amnesty International, 4 September 2018,
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/09/
south-sudan-arbitrary-arrests-and-torture-ofdetainees-despite-repeated-promises.
280 ‘UN expert decries ‘pattern’ of torture, abuse
in Iranian prisons’, i24 News Middle East,
3 May 2018, www.i24news.tv/en/news/
international/middle-east/169183-180305un-expert-decries-pattern-of-torture-abusein-iranian-prisons.
Penal Reform International and Thailand Institute of Justice | Global Prison Trends 2019
281 ‘Saudi Arabia accused of torturing
women’s right-to-drive activists in prison’,
The Telegraph, 21 November 2018,
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/21/
saudi-arabia-accused-torturing-womensright-to-drive-activists.
282 ‘Russia: guard accused of suffocating inmate
to death’, Prison Insider, 24 July 2018,
www.prison-insider.com/en/news/russiaguard-accused-of-suffocating-inmate-todeath, ‘Russian ex-prisoners speak out over
torture after leaked video’, Prison Insider,
3 August 2018, www.prison-insider.com/
en/news/russian-ex-prisoners-speak-outover-torture-after-leaked-video, ‘Nationwide
Inspection Finds Dozen of Prison Abuse
Cases in Russia’, The Moscow Times,
3 September 2018, www.themoscowtimes.
com/2018/09/03/nationwide-inspectionfinds-dozens-of-prison-abuse-cases-inrussia-a62754.
283 S. Stürup-Toft, E. J. O’Moore, and
E. H. Plugge, ‘Looking behind the bars:
emerging health issues for people in prison’,
British Medical Bulletin, March 2018, pp1–9.
284 ‘At five deaths per day in custody, scuttling
of law by cops rampant in India under
Modi’, National Herald, 28 June 2018,
www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/at-fivedeaths-per-day-in-custody-scuttling-of-lawby-cops-rampant-in-india-under-modi.
285 ‘Brazil: One Inmate Dies Every 48 Hours in
Rio de Janeiro Prisons’, Telesur, 7 August
2018, www.telesurenglish.net/news/BrazilOne-Inmate-Dies-Ever-48-Hours-in-Rio-deJaneiro-Prisons-20180807-0011.html.
286 ‘The 147 dead: terrible toll of Indigenous
deaths in custody spurs call for
reform’, The Guardian, 27 August 2018,
www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/
aug/28/the-147-dead-indigenous-leadersdemand-action-over-unacceptable-deathsin-custody?CMP=share_btn_tw.
287 Ibid.
288 Article 1, Universal Declaration of Human
Rights (1948); Article 2(1) and 6(1) of the
International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights (1966); Article 2 of the European
Convention on Human Rights (1950); Article
4(1), American Convention on Human Rights
(1969); Article 4 of the African Charter on
Human and People’s Rights (1986); UN
Body of Principles for the Protection of
All Persons under Any Form of Detention
or Imprisonment, A/RES/43/173 (1988);
Principles on the Effective Prevention and
Investigation of Extra-legal, Arbitrary and
Summary Executions (1989), Recommended
by Economic and Social Council Resolution
1989/65; General Comment No. 36 on
article 6 of the International Covenant on
Civil and Political Rights, on the right to life
(art 6) (2018).
289 United Nations Standard Minimum Rules
for the Treatment of Prisoners (The Nelson
Mandela Rules), Rules 8 and 71.
290 International Committee of the Red Cross,
Guidelines for Investigating Deaths in
Custody, 2013.
291 ‘Nationwide Inspection Finds Dozen
of Prison Abuse Cases in Russia’,
The Moscow Times, 3 September 2018,
www.themoscowtimes.com/2018/09/03/
nationwide-inspection-finds-dozens-ofprison-abuse-cases-in-russia-a62754.
292 ‘Brutal video exposes torture in Russian
prisons’, The Independent, 20 July 2018,
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/
brutal-video-torture-makarov-putin-russianprisons-a8456141.html.
293 ‘Russia prison torture scandal no isolated
case, activists say’, DW, 26 July 2018,
www.dw.com/en/russia-prison-torturescandal-no-isolated-case-activistssay/a-44841367.
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