October 2017
Europe
Ukraine
On October 4th, 2017. Prison Insider’s correspondent, Ukraine Without Torture, together with employees from the Secretariat of the Ombudsman undertook a monitoring visit of the Lychakiv correctional center (No. 30). The center is located in the Lviv Oblast (West Ukraine) and holds about 600 prisone…
Source — Ukraine Without Torture
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"Surviving hell" in Eastern Ukraine
Analysis
Report
Europe
Justice
Torture
Violence
Ukraine
Prison Insider’s correspondents in Ukraine shared several materials describing the conditions of detention in the Donbas region, in the East of the country. It is composed of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. Due to the crisis which started in 2014, Ukraine is divided between the so-called pro Europ…
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South America
Uruguay
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.
Source — El País
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Central America and the Caribbean
Facilities
Violence
Honduras
An inmate delivers a testimony on his transfer to the supermax prison of Morocelí.
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Europe
France
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — France 3 régions
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South America
Uruguay
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.
Source — El País
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Europe
France
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — La vie
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Argentina : más de 900 presos de distintas cárceles bonaerenses participaron de un torneo de ajedrez
News
South America
Argentina
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.
Source — impulso baires
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United States
How Electronic Monitoring Is a Shackle on the Movement for Decarceration.
Source — Truhtout
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Suicide
United Kingdom
Sean Plumstead’s remarks to staff member – who had not had compulsory self-harm training – were not reported, inquest hears.
Source — The Guardian
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Europe
Violence
France
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — France Info
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Death penalty
United States
Recent court rulings and start-stop access to lethal drugs push numbers up this year.
Source — The Marshall Project
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Europe
Suicide
France
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — RTL
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United States
The Bureau of Prisons fails to provide basic resources to undocumented prisoners.
Source — The Marshall Project
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