Death in custody

Death in custody

Death in custody is when a person dies when in the custody of the police, prison service or other authorities. Death in custody remains a controversial subject, with the authorities often being accused of abuse, neglect, racism and cover-ups of the causes of these deaths.[1] [2]

Contents

By country

Algeria

See Human rights in Algeria

Argentina

See Human rights in Argentina

Australia

See separate article: Aboriginal deaths in custody

Bangladesh

At least 32 people have died in "Operation Clean Heart" by the government of Bangladesh.See Human rights in Bangladesh

Burma

See Insein Prison, Human rights in Burma

Chad

See Human rights in Chad

China

Some estimate 20 million have died in the Chinese prison system. See Laogai, democide.

Congo

See Human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Cuba

See Human rights in Cuba

Egypt

See Human rights in Egypt

Germany

India

See Police encounter

Indonesia

See Cipinang Penitentiary Institution

Iran

See 1988 executions of Iranian political prisoners

Ireland

See Terence Wheelock

Jamaica

"At least 650 people have been killed by police officers in Jamaica since 1999. Many of these have been blatantly unlawful killings, yet not one officer has been convicted since then." Piers Bannister, Amnesty International’s Jamaica researcher.

Japan

Of the 1,592 deaths in Japanese prisons, 1992-2002, 68 required autopsies due to questionable circumstances.[3] See Human rights in Japan

Laos

See Human rights in Laos

Libya

See Abu Salim prison

Malaysia

  • Kugan Ananthan
  • Teoh Beng Hock

Mexico

See Human rights in Mexico

Morocco

See Human rights in Morocco

North Korea

See Human rights in North Korea

Pakistan

See Human rights in Pakistan

Saudi Arabia

See Human rights in Saudi Arabia

Somalia

See Human rights in Somalia

South Africa

South Africa has an unusually high level of deaths in custody. For example in April to June 1997, there were 56 deaths in custody [4].

Sudan

See Human rights in Sudan

Syria

See Tadmor Prison massacre

Turkey

See Prisons in Turkey

UAE

See Human rights in the United Arab Emirates

UK

Main article: UK Deaths in Custody

USA

Almost 100 prisoners have died in U.S. custody in Iraq and Afghanistan since August 2002, according to U.S. group Human Rights First. They include:

Vietnam

See Human rights in Vietnam

Yemen

See Human rights in Yemen

Zimbabwe

See Human rights in Zimbabwe

See also

  • Institutional racism
  • Category:People who died in police custody
  • Category:People who died in prison custody
  • List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States
  • List of freedom indices

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