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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 : nouvelle hausse du nombre des détenus au 1er février
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Belgium: 447 décès en prison en 8 ans: des prisonniers à la santé précaire
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France : Liberté conditionnelle pour bâtir au plus vite des places de prison
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France : "c'est une prison sans barreaux"
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USA: Gangs, lack of guards spark teen riot at understaffed Texas juvenile prison
Spurred by boredom, gang conflicts and anger over a lack of guards, teens at a North Texas juvenile prison rioted for six days, assaulting officers and each other during a mass disturbance that boiled over during a football game.
Turkey: les peines de prison de journalistes du quotidien d’opposition Cumhuriyet confirmées en appel
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France : les “mardis noirs” des gardiens de prison
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France : le défi du suivi des "radicalisés" et des "revenants" hors des prisons
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France: from the pen to the polls
As of 1994, convicted people are no longer stripped of their civil rights. In principle, the majority of prisoners retain their right to vote. However, only 2% of them were able to vote during the last presidential elections. Incarceration prevents many prisoners from exercising this right. The Ro…
Mexique : cárceles no reintegran
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Guatemala: en 10 años creció en 300% la prisión preventiva
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Un avocat égyptien jeté en prison pour un gilet jaune
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La Belgique dispose de 20 ans pour rénover les cellules de ses prisons
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USA: it costs about 50 times more to make a call from an Illinois jail Than from an Illinois state prison
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UK: at Birmingham prison, government takeover from G4S extended for another six months
Birmingham Prison is to remain in government hands for a further six months due to the “fragile” state of the jail, the government has said. The Prison Service stepped in to operate HMP Birmingham last August after an inspection uncovered soaring violence, drug use and appalling living conditions.…USA: from life in prison to published author
Drug deals and gun violence were everyday realities for Chris Wilson growing up. Straddling homes in D.C.’s Lincoln Heights neighborhood and Prince George’s County’s Temple Hills community, Wilson watched his mother fall victim to both domestic abuse and drug abuse. Many of his friends were locked…
New Zealand: how sport in prison could help stop reoffending
A sports programme which is being piloted in New Zealand prisons aims for a reduction in reoffending. Not only does physical activity help prisoners with their wellbeing and mental health, but it could help them into employment, according to UK Professor of Criminological Psychology Rosie Meek. “Sp…USA: Alabama will build 3 prisons for men, Ivey announces
Gov. Kay Ivey announced today that her administration will seek bids for building three regional prisons for men to replace aging, cramped facilities that the Alabama Department of Corrections has said are too costly to maintain and repair. The governor said new prisons are a necessary part of a la…USA: emergency declared at Kansas prison because of staffing shortage - 95 jobs unfilled
Kansas prisons have been under-staffed for years. Inmate populations are overcapacity. Uprisings in recent years have caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. Now, the state’s corrections agency is declaring an emergency at one of its largest prisons – El Dorado Correctional – because of…