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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: Poissy, une consultation sur le déménagement de la prison
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Saudi Arabia: Saudi political prisoner dies in prison after medical treatment denied
Saleh Abdelaziz el-Dhamiri, 60, suffered from heart problems and needed a new heart pump. He had spent over four years in isolation for his work in favour of Saudi political prisoners. In the past he had criticised the rise to power of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.France: dans une prison de la banlieue de Lille, un nouveau quartier réservé aux détenus violents
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Rescaled: prisons in the city
Rescaled project is the fruit of the partnership between different organisations from four European countries. The movement began in Belgium and aims at prompting a change in scale for prison related practices. It promotes the use of smaller prison facilities located in the heart of the city. On 10…
France: pas de projet de prison à Saint-Martin à ce stade, selon la ministre de la Justice
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United States: penalties make life after prison difficult in Tennessee
With each criminal conviction, the state of Tennessee matter of factly tells the defendants how long they will spend behind bars. Hidden from view, in the fine print, is a long list of additional penalties attached to these convictions.United Kingdom: more than 80% of men in prison suffered "childhood adversity"
Male prisoners are much more likely than men in the wider population to have suffered childhood adversities such as child maltreatment or living in a home with domestic violence, according to a new report by Public Health Wales and Bangor University.
Uruguay: “hay una desconexión total entre la política social y la criminal”
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United Kingdom: dundee dental students scoop award for oral health prison project
Chief Executive of the Oral Health Foundation, Dr. Nigel Carter OBE, has visited the University of Dundee School of Dentistry, to judge community oral health projects and present an award to the winning group. Fourth-year dental students were asked to select an area or group in the local community.…
Belgium: une panne d'électricité a touché la prison de Nivelles, les visites supprimées
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Turkey: purged teacher dies of heart attack after prison administration ignores doctor’s recommendations
Muzaffer Özcengiz, a teacher who was purged from civil service and jailed after a 2016 coup attempt in Turkey, died from a heart attack on Friday in a one-person cell in Çorum Prison, although doctors had urged the prison administration to relocate him to a ward because he could not survive on his…France: 5 342 détenus pourront voter en prison pour les européennes
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Switzerland: un débat sur la réinsertion des prisonniers relancé
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