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Seen in the press
Read our selection of press reports about this country. This is a short description of prison conditions on a national scale. It gives an account of the preceding year’s events.
France: “wearing the prison mark”
Alternative measures to prison apply to far more people than prisoners held in custodial facilities. In France, as in many Western countries, these measures are taking precedence over prison sentences. Just over 70,000 people were incarcerated at the start of 2019. At the same time, 170,000 offende…
Argentina: piden intervención de la ONU por falta de comida en las cárceles
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France: double condamnation par la CEDH après des violences de surveillants pénitentiaires
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France: an elusive escape
Natacha Galvez taught art history to inmates at Fleury-Mérogis. She is head of communications for the organisation Art et Prison. She is studying for her doctorate in philosophie esthétique and her thesis is on the creation of art in the prison environment. The following is our interview with her.
France: "le discrédit de la notion de droits de l'homme est un symptôme inquiétant"
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Latvia: last inmates transferred from Brasa prison prior to closure
This week the last inmates were transferred from the to-be-liquidated Brasa prison to other correctional facilities, while the Brasa prison will be closed down as of April 1, Latvian Prison Administration rep Aija Fedorova told the press.France: 20 détenus pourront être indemnisés en raison de l’indignité de leurs conditions de détention
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Paraguay: "sed de derechos" expone el déficit de acceso al agua en cárceles
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Mexico: unos 200 presos realizan una huelga de hambre en la cárcel de Las Flores
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France: le Cese tire la sonnette d'alarme sur la réinsertion
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UK: "nous redoutons que Julian Assange puisse mourir en prison"
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Spain: denuncian grave situación en las cárceles: "La prisión no puede ser una condena a muerte"
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France: Des pathologies "aggravées par l'enfermement et l'isolement" : un rapport alerte sur la situation déplorable des détenus atteints de troubles mentaux
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