January 2017

Types

Topic

Geographic area

Country

Archives

2026

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

November 2013

2012

October 2012
August 2012

2011

May 2011

2008

January 2008

Apply filters Reset

January 4, 2017

Burundi: la plus ancienne ligue des droits de l'homme "définitivement radiée"

News

Africa Burundi

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

January 4, 2017

More than 150 inmates escape in Philippine prison break

News

Asia Philippines

More than 150 inmates have escaped from a south Philippines prison after gunmen launched an attack. The authorities suspect the gunmen are linked to Islamist separatist groups. Around 100 armed men stormed the jail and engaged in a shoot-out with guards, as prisoners fled in the chaos. A guard and…

January 4, 2017

Netherlands: electronic tagging more popular: orders double in five years

News

Netherlands

Electronic tagging is being increasingly used as a punishment in the Netherlands, particular for people convicted of robbery and drugs-related crime.

January 4, 2017

United Kingdom: Northern Ireland prison system fatalities double in a year

News

United Kingdom

The number of deaths in the prison system has doubled in the past year.

January 3, 2017

Wales : Christmas Day 'incident' at Cardiff prison

News

United Kingdom

Officers at Cardiff prison had to resolve a Christmas Day disturbance, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed.

January 3, 2017

Espania : Interno, el restaurante de las reclusas de San Diego

News

Spain

Sorry, this article is not available in English. You can consult the Spanish version.

January 3, 2017

China : A human rights activist, a secret prison and a tale from Xi Jinping's new China

News

Asia China

Peter Dahlin spent 23 days in a ‘black prison’ in Beijing, where he says he was deprived of sleep and questioned with a ‘communication enhancement’ machine. Here he tells the story of his incarceration and expulsion from the People’s Republic

January 3, 2017

France : Transfert des détenus : autopsie d’une réforme mal menée

News

Europe France

Sorry, this article is not available in English. You can consult the French version.

January 3, 2017

Gang Fight in Brazil Prison Leaves Scores Dead

News

America South America Violence Brazil

bout 60 inmates were killed in a prison riot sparked by a fight between rival drug gangs in the Brazilian city of Manaus, local authorities said. The uprising began Sunday afternoon at the Anísio Jobim prison complex and lasted more than 17 hours. Two prison-based gangs have been battling over cont…

January 3, 2017

USA: Trump says no more detainees should be released from Guantanamo Bay prison

News

United States

President-elect Donald Trump called Tuesday for the end of all detainee releases from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, saying in a tweet that those who remain are “extremely dangerous people” who “should not be allowed back onto the battlefield.”

January 3, 2017

Tunisian prisons are overpopulated, justice minister says

News

Overcrowding Tunisia

Tunisian Justice Minister Monday sounded the alarm over the “catastrophic” conditions of inmates in the country’s prisons.

January 3, 2017

Australia : More than 70 inmates teargassed in Bathurst jail riot

News

Oceania Australia

Guard hit repeatedly on head as disturbance breaks out after an argument in New South Wales jail

January 3, 2017

Nigeria : Raising the bar in prisons administration, security and welfare

News

Africa Nigeria

The Nigerian prisons legislation and practice are generally perceived to be “anti-prisoner”. They tend to completely take away all rights and self-respect of prisoners. This is unlike the general prison practice and legislation in other advanced nations.

January 3, 2017

Syrie : une Syrienne raconte sa détention dans une prison du régime.

News

Middle East Syria

Sorry, this article is not available in English. You can consult the French version.

January 3, 2017

Tunisian prisons are overpopulated

News

Tunisia

Tunisian Justice Minister Monday sounded the alarm over the “catastrophic” conditions of inmates in the country’s prisons.

January 2, 2017

Guatemala implementará un sistema de videoconferencias en las cárceles

News

America Central America and the Caribbean Guatemala

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.

January 2, 2017

Brésil : plus de 50 morts lors d'une mutinerie dans une prison

News

America South America Protest Violence Brazil

Sorry, this article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

January 2, 2017

Tunisie : vers la création d'une nouvelle prison "hautement sécurisée" pour les terroristes

News

Africa Discipline Facilities Tunisia

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

January 2, 2017

United Kingdom: prisons shakeup to give governors more control over rehabilitation

News

United Kingdom

Legislation to tackle jails crisis will hand staff greater powers over education, employment and health budgets.

January 2, 2017

India: video evidence of corruption in various jails in Maharashtra

News

Asia India

The Anti-Corruption Bureau is in possession of video evidence of corruption in various jails in Maharashtra. The clips were submitted by a person who was not allowed to meet his relative lodged in Thane Jail until he paid a bribe to the jail staffers. Taken aback by the demand for the bribe, scienc…

January 2, 2017

Free access to the Prison Insider web site

Free access

January 2, 2017

Brazil prison riot kills at least 56 in Amazonas state

News

Protest Brazil

A riot in an overcrowded prison in northern Brazil has left at least 56 inmates dead, many of them decapitated, officials say.

January 2, 2017

Encombrement dans les prisons tunisiennes: Vers la révision du code pénal et l'adoption de peines alternatives?

News

Africa Tunisia

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

January 1, 2017

France : des détenus refusent de regagner leurs cellules à la prison de Saintes

News

Europe France

Sorry, this article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.