
November 2017
Europe
Middle East
Discipline
Justice
United States
Ali Osman Karahan, an 87-year-old Turkish man who has been in an Isparta prison for almost 15 months over alleged links to the Gülen movement, was given 11 days of solitary confinement.
Source — TurkishMinute
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Europe
Middle East
Mental health
France
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — France tv info
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United States
Brian L. Frank photographs young men in a California prison camp and on their journeys to freedom.
Source — The Marshall Project
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Europe
France
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — L'abécédaire des institutions
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Health
United States
Reaching inside the jails to break the cycle of homeless arrests
Source — Los Angeles Times
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Health
Mental health
United Kingdom
Report by Justice suggests introduction of specialist prosecutors and a change to the defence of insanity.
Source — The Guardian
Read more#VotoPreso - A party where prisoners are not invited
Analysis
Opinion
South America
Access to legal rights
Justice
Chile
Chileans are preparing to vote for the second round of the 2017 presidential elections this coming December 17. Country with one of the highest incarceration rates in Latin America, the vote of its prison population can weigh heavily in an election that is likely to be tight.
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Europe
Switzerland
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — Le Matin
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Europe
France
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — Le Parisien
Read moreAlarming prison conditions of political prisoners in Morocco
Analysis
Report
Africa
Health
Violence
Morocco
A short report sheds light on alarming prison conditions of political prisoners in Morocco.
Nineteen prisoners were separated and sent in 7 different prisons thoughout Morocco.
Since their transfer almost all prisoners entered a hunger strike in protest against the conditions they are currently hel…
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Oceania
Torture
Australia
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — France tv info
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