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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.
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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France : elle organise des défilés de mode pour les détenues de Fleury-Mérogis
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UK: prison restaurant serves up cut in reoffending
A high-quality restaurant in prison, where inmates can learn valuable skills in cooking and hospitality, is making a “significant” difference in cutting reoffending rates, say researchers. The Ministry of Justice study suggests inmates trained in the Clink restaurant are much less likely to be stuc…
Cuba: más de 60 cubanos inician una huelga de hambre en un centro de detención en México
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France : en prison, le sport comme réinsertion
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Egypt: mass hunger strike at Al-Aqrab prison over denial of family visits and dire conditions
The Egyptian authorities must immediately end cruel and inhumane detention conditions and allow regular family visits at al-Aqrab maximum security prison in Tora where approximately 130 detainees have gone on a mass hunger strike for more than six weeks, said Amnesty International today.
Spain: mujer, joven y con estudios superiores, una nueva hornada de vigilantes llega a las cárceles
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Venezuela: las cárceles, nidos de corrupción, torturas y muerte
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Brazil: "les prisons sont devenues stratégiques pour l’organisation du trafic de drogues"
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