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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.
Zimbabwe: 19 – 25 August 2019 set aside as Prison family Week 2019
Zimbabwe every year sets aside the Prison family Week and this year it has been set for 19 – 25 August. During this time visitors can go visit their incarcerated relatives and get to interact with them freely as family and friends. The Prison will be open from 8AM to 4PM.
Spain: Sevilla, una de las cárceles con más presos con trastornos mentales graves
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UK: Boris Johnson anuncia la creación de 10.000 espacios nuevos en las prisiones
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Sight — 3/12
Each month, the photographer Bertrand Gaudillère creates an image or chooses one from his archives. Prison Insider sends it to a dozen participants, prisoners around the world.They are in Argentina, in the United States of America, in France, in Switzerland, in Guatemala, in Ukraine, in Colombia, i…
Europe: "prisoners' rights under further pressure"
A Dutch judge, in May 2019, refused to transfer a person to an English prison, stating that the conditions of detention could amount to a real risk of inhumane and degrading treatment. The prisoner was the subject of an European Arrest Warrant (EAW). The European legal framework facilitates judicia…
Egypt: el agujero negro de la cárcel de Al Aqrab
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France : le gouvernement planche sur un contrat de travail spécifique en prison
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United States: John Oliver cites Arizona controversy as example of prison issues on HBO's "last week tonight"
In an episode centered around prison labor and reform, John Oliver focused on Arizona’s 2018 controversy surrounding feminine hygiene products for female inmates during his HBO show “Last Week Tonight.”France: plaintes pour violences contre des détenus à la prison de Rennes
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Poland: groundbreaking lawsuit targets violations at controversial psychiatric facility
A client of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (HFHR) has filed a lawsuit against the State Treasury, seeking damages for multiple violations at the National Centre for the Prevention of Dissocial Behaviours.
Prison as seen by children
Several 9/10-year-old classes drew their impressions of the carceral universe. Lise Simon and Caroline Touraut work for the Direction of Penitentiary Administration in France. They developed this project, gathered the drawings after meeting with the children through workshops. We asked them about…
Brazil: violencia salvaje en el infierno de las cárceles
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Spain: la cárcel no es el destino laboral favorito de los sanitarios
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Venezuela: "Las puertas Bachelet", el nuevo método de tortura en las cárceles
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France : une unité où les détenus soignent leurs addictions
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Belgique: situation "inacceptable" à la prison de Bruges
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