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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.
Gambia: des conditions de détention qui tardent à changer
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USA: study shows link between restrictive housing and increased risk of mortality after release from prison
A new study led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found that being held in restrictive housing (i.e., solitary confinement) is associated with an increased risk of death after a person is released from prison.
Russia: new report offers government think-tank perspective on reforming the prison system
Russia has too many prisoners — more than 543,000, the largest imprisoned population per capita in Europe. Twenty-eight percent of Russian prisoners are behind bars for drug-related crimes, more than those imprisoned for either robbery or murder. Most of those individuals are drug users, not drug d…Czech Republic: terapias para reducir la reincidencia entre la población expresidiaria
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USA: Sheriffs release sick people from jail to avoid paying hospital bills
Michael Tidwell’s blood sugar reading was at least 15 times his normal level when sheriff’s deputies took him to the hospital. But before they loaded the inmate into the back of a car, deputies propped up his slumping body and handed him a pen so he could sign a release from the Washington County J…
Saudi Arabia: un journaliste détenu 56 jours dans une prison saoudienne: "je me suis souvenu de Khashoggi et de la scie"
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France: "Ils se sont vus mourir" : après l'incendie de Rouen, des détenus de la maison d'arrêt vont porter plainte
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Spain: denuncian el "colapso sanitario" en las cárceles
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Venezuela: detenidos enfermos en calabozos no tienen quien vele por su salud
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Australia: atados y amordazados, la realidad de los menores en las cárceles
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France: À Fleury-Mérogis, la première crèche en prison
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France : à la prison de Riom, "le savoir permet de casser les murs"
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Brazil: Lula préfère la prison à un aménagement de peine
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Uruguay: rebuilding life after prison
They founded a cooperative to mitigate housing and employment challenges. These cooperatives are one of the measures put in place to give low-income residents access to lodging through financial support from the State. Self-management, solidarity and participatory democracy are the central values…