European Prison Rules: “progressing the conversation”
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30 July 2020. All prison conditions across Europe are not equivalent. However, the European Prison Rules formulate guidelines to ensure the protection of prisoners’ rights. Are these rules respected? What does their recent revision imply?
France : an obscured vision
interview
23 July 2020. Delphine Dauphy and Marc Loyon ran photography workshops in prisons for six months. They developped a visual dialogue between the living spaces, the rules, the pace of the prison environment and the portraits of incarcerated persons.
Coronavirus: Prison Fever
30 July 2020. The COVID-19 does not stop at prison gates. What measures are taken to guarantee the safety of all prisoners and prison staff? What are the consequences of the pandemic on the living conditions in prisons? Here is an overview.
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Cuba: Humiliation non-stop
Jacques was arrested in February 2017 by the Cuban criminal justice system and was immediately incarcerated in a state owned highly secured prison, held incommunicado for 48 days. Her daughter became fatherless overnight. He was transferred to France in September 2019. He narrates to Prison Insider his…
France: “They make me panic”
Samy has chronic bronchitis. Due to a lack of care units, he has recently been transferred from a semi-custodial facility to the “new arrivals” unit of Mans detention centre. He recounts his detention conditions.
USA: a nation of prisons and pandemics
The United States Penitentiary Canaan holds about 1,300 people. Qwantay A. is one of them. He has been incarcerated for 16 years and will be released in 2034. He drew some parallels between the coronavirus pandemic and mass incarceration, and shared his thoughts with Prison Insider.
France: "They’ve put us back in prison"
Samy is detained on partial release in the west of France, in Le Mans. It is normally possible for these prisoners to go out during the week, notably to seek employment. Faced with the coronavirus pandemic and to limit social contact, those who are on partial release have been placed in detention. Samy…Recently
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Spain: la realidad de las cárceles en la pandemia, cuando los datos esconden la verdad
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Colombia: denuncian falta de médicos y más coronavirus en cárceles
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Cambodia: ONG exigen que cumpla su promesa de liberar a 10.000 presos
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