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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.
Haiti: des détenus pourraient "mourir de faim", faute de nourriture dans les prisons
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Uruguay: rethinking the prison system
It was a risky gamble that paid off for Luis Parodi, director for seven years now of Unit 6 of the Punta de Rieles prison in Montevideo. According to him, “Prison denies debate, and consequently denies life. There are absurd orders all the time.” This unit, which aims to resemble the outside world,…
Syria: cómo es la prisión kurda donde están encerrados miles de terroristas del Estado Islámico
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USA: prisons are not the answer to preventing crime
Each day in the United States and Canada, it seems like the news media reports another shooting or act of violence that ends in tragedy. As a result, politicians and the public often leap to the conclusion that violence is on the rise and that the answer is to throw more people behind bars.
Belgium: “complete failure” of the section for radicalised prisoners
Belgium was condemned on 24 April 2019 and will have to compensate several prisoners in the De-Radex section of the Ittre prison. Prisoners suspected to be recruiting members for jihadist organisations are isolated in these sections. Nicolas Cohen is a lawyer at the Brussels Bar and a member of the…
DRC : grève suspendue à la prison centrale de Bukavu
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France: seize détenus et ex-détenus demandent une expertise de l'état de la prison de Varces
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France : l'Occitanie, triste championne de la surpopulation carcérale
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Uruguay: Punta de Rieles, la prison des hommes libres
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France : premier bilan du programme Pairs
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