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The information site on prisons throughout the world
Unites States of America: war zones
InsideOutside
15 January 2020. The sounds you hear are constant in the streets where I come from. The irony is these same sounds erupt in the center of war zones. Is that where we live?"
Tewhan reacts to Bertrand Gaudillère's photograph about the sense of hearing.
Who is to speak for the prison?
InsideOutside
We asked several prisoners, separated by countries, walls, and cultures, to react to Bertrand Gaudillère’s images. They talk about their perceptions of Touch, Sight, Taste, Smell, Hearing, and, for good measure, Time and Space.
Colombia: demanding justice
InsideOutside
15 January 2020. "I am one of hundreds of political prisoners here, who stood up against an unjust political system. For me, this picture portrays us in other places."
Ricardo reacts to Bertrand Gaudillère's photograph about the sense of hearing.
They are talking about it
Testimonials
United States of America: cheese on a trap
Qwantay will be released in 2034. Prison Insider asked him what his first day in prison was like. This is what he told us.
Pakistan: 18 years in a death cell despite his innocence
Safeer was sentenced to death. He served 18 years and has now been released on bail to await his Supreme Court appeal. Excerpts.
United States of America: fighting through the noise
Kyle H. has been incarcerated since 2001 and is serving a life sentence.He tells Prison Insider how his days go by.
DRC: “Prison teaches looking backwards”
“In some buildings, 80 prisoners are packed into 30m².” Mwana is currently serving his 19th year of incarceration. He speaks out.Recently
News
Mexico: une émeute dans une prison fait 16 morts
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Democratic Republic of Congo: à Kinshasa, onze morts dans l’enfer de la prison de Makala
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USA: prison américaine de Guantanamo: 18 années d'un trou noir juridique continu
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Turkey: déportations de prisonniers, la pratique courante
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20 November 2019. "Being on death row made me truly understand the concept of death. During my incarceration I witnessed about 50 executions". Safeer spent 18 years in prison. The High Court commuted his death sentence to life imprisonment. He has now been released on bail to await his Supreme Court appeal. He tells his story.
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12 November 2019. "My immersion is introspective, I project images, eroded by time, on the walls of my memory, they are timeless. Often painful memories of a past life, almost forgotten, whose voice is fading little by little."
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