Angola State Prison
Namibia
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Department of State Washington File: White House Report, May 12: Berg Murder, Prisoner Treatment, Panama
Commenting on the current investigation into prisoner abuses in Iraq, the spokesman said, "It is important that we are committed to getting to the bottom of what occurred at Abu Ghraib [prison] and we are taking steps to prevent these acts from happening again." ... (Distributed by the Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State. Web site: http://usinfo.state.gov) ... White House Report, May 12: Berg Murder, Prisoner Treatment, Panama ... [Read More]
Cuba (08/04)
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105 Transcript: U.S. Commander Says Iraqi Prison Investigations Just Beginning ... 103 White House Report: Iraqi Prisoner Abuse, E.U./NATO Summit, Italy ... (State Dept.'s Semmel addresses NPT preparatory conference April 29) (2650) ... [Read More]
Angola
Prison officials routinely beat detainees. Prisoners depend on families, friends, or international relief organizations for basic support, including food; prisons often do not provide any food to prisoners. Prison officials, who are chronically unpaid, support themselves by stealing from their prisoners and extorting money from family members. For example, prison guards frequently demanded that prisoners pay for weekend passes that they are entitled to receive. Juveniles, often incarcerated for petty theft, are housed with adults and suffer abuse by guards and inmates. Female prisoners are held separately from male prisoners. There were reports that prison guards sexually abused female prisoners. Detained journalists also were housed with other prisoners. Political prisoners and pretrial detainees are held with the general prison population; it was unknown how many such prisoners were held during the year (see Sections 1.d. and 1.e.). ... [Read More]
Angola
Prison conditions were harsh and life-threatening. During the year, human rights activists reported that prison officials routinely beat and tortured detainees. The national prison system continued to hold approximately five times the number of prisoners for which it was designed. Overcrowding in Luanda prisons diminished after the completion in November of the rehabilitation and expansion of the Viana prison; however, local human rights organizations reported that conditions were considerably worse outside the Luanda prison system. In Bengo, Malange, and Lunda Norte Provinces, warehouses were used as prison facilities during the year. In Huila Province, the provincial penitentiary held 350 prisoners in a facility designed for 150. ... [Read More]
V. Country Narratives -- Countries A through G
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Information for American Citizens
Please click on any of the below links to read more information about consular services available in Angola. The Department of State website is also a good source for additional information about many services for American citizens abroad: passports finding medical assistanceassistance getting funds abroad contacting overseas relatives in an emergencyprison visits and finding legal guidance assistance after the death of an American citizen abroad notarials other consular services ... [Read More]
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