Seen in the press

News

May 18, 2022

Burkina Faso : Un mort et au moins 60 prisonniers libérés dans l'attaque d'une prison

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News

May 18, 2022

Équateur : Le gouvernement n’arrive pas à enrayer les massacres à répétition dans les prisons

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Interview

May 18, 2022

USA: inside the kids’ cells

They are 60,000. Who? The minors incarcerated in America’s prisons. Richard Ross is a photographer. His ‘Juvenile in Justice’ work has been giving them a voice for the past two decades.

Interview

May 18, 2022

Tunisia:  Silent abuses

Arbitrary detention, lack of medical care, stigmatisation, and violence: LGBTQI++ prisoners are subjected to all kinds of untold abuse.

Testimonial

May 18, 2022

France: in search of meaning

Sakina is a Muslim chaplain in prison. She guides female prisoners in their religious practice. Ramadan, daily organiszation, work on self-esteem… She tells us all about it

Insights Focus

May 17, 2022

USA: "This is the real Miami"

Richard Ross has been working on incarcerated minors for almost two decades. He is commenting a picture which encapsulates his commitment to this subject. A picture to tell what the country is doing with his youth.

News

May 16, 2022

Sénégal : prison de camp pénal et de Kaolack, 15 détenus en grève de la faim

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Testimonial

May 10, 2022

Algeria: a month (almost) like any other

Rachid M. was imprisoned in El-Harrach and then Tizi Ouzou between 1996 and 1999. He tells us about conditions in prison, visits and Ramadan.

Interview

May 5, 2022

Ukraine: “prisons are left on their own”

Information about prison is not easily accessible, even less during the war. Prison Insider is seeking to update its information about Ukrainian prisons.

News

May 4, 2022

Argentina: "The phone is everything to me"

How cellphones transformed life at a women’s prison in Argentina.

News

May 2, 2022

Australia: seen in the press / 2022

Violence, acts of protest, prison conditions, justice reforms: find out what is new about prisons and justice in this country. Prison Insider monitors the press on a regular basis.

News

April 28, 2022

Togo resumes prison visits after two-year ban

Togo is to allow prison visits to resume from Friday, phasing out a two-year-old ban that was imposed to help curb the spread of coronavirus.

News

April 28, 2022

Liban : Des proches de détenus manifestent devant la prison militaire de Rihanié

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News

April 28, 2022

Nigeria: Coverup in Nigerian Prison As TB Hits, Kills Several Inmates

Senior officials, including those in charge of the facility in Katsina, have attempted a coverup to avoid accountability, sources told this newspaper.

News

April 28, 2022

Liban : Les prisonniers de Roumieh s'automutilent pour alerter sur la détérioration de leur situation

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News

April 28, 2022

Lebanon's prisons: A microcosm of disease, sectarianism and near-anarchy

Inter-ministerial wrangling over the control of the prison facilities coupled with police brutality and a lack of funding has exacerbated the human rights situation of incarcerated people in the country.

News

April 28, 2022

Liban : Dans la plus grande prison du Liban, manger devient un luxe

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News

April 28, 2022

Liban : Le quadruple féminicide d’Ansar ravive le débat sur la peine de mort dans un Liban en crise

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News

April 28, 2022

Lebanon: Lebanese LGBT community fights to keep safe spaces

Although Beirut is one of the most LGBT-friendly cities in the region, there are still some limitations that don’t allow the community to express themselves freely.

News

April 28, 2022

Afghanistan: Over 1,200 drug addicts being treated at Herat prison

The drug users are being treated by governmental institutions in cooperation with private sector companies.

Analysis

April 26, 2022

Lebanon : prisons in 2022

All there is to know about Lebanese prisons in 2022. Key figures, life in detention, references: discover all the data gathered by Prison Insider.

Portfolio

April 26, 2022

Lebanon’s prisons

In 2011, Lebanon had 24 prisons and Haitham Moussawi was the only Lebanese photographer to visit all of them.

News

April 21, 2022

Équateur : des bains de sang dans les prisons, le gouvernement impuissant

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News

April 21, 2022

Cameroun : l’épidémie de choléra dans les prisons inquiète l’opposition

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