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April 30, 2018

USA: women in prison take home economics, while men take carpentry

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Women United States

Decades after a government report on deep inequity in the vocational offerings of the nation’s criminal-justice system, little has changed.

April 26, 2018

France : bébés en prison, le dilemme des mères détenues

News

Europe France

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April 26, 2018

United States of America : staying awake while doing time

Testimonial

United States

“*We believe that life is happening anywhere but here.”* Robert Lee Allen is imprisoned in the state of Michigan. Here is his testimonial.

April 25, 2018

France : cinquième suicide d’un détenu en trois mois dans la prison de Fleury-Mérogis

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Europe Suicide France

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April 25, 2018

España: Reflexiones sobre la prisión permanente revisable ¿Debe derogarse?

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Justice Spain

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April 25, 2018

USA: female incarceration reveals a cruel and broken justice system

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Women United States

Although boys are disproportionately represented in juvenile and criminal proceedings, girls are the fastest-growing segment of the juvenile population and are often in the system for reasons very different from boys. A groundbreaking report released in 2015 unearthed a “sexual abuse to prison pipe…

April 25, 2018

Netherlands: the unique way the Dutch treat mentally ill prisoners

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Health Mental health Netherlands

In the Netherlands, criminals with mental illness are treated completely differently to many other countries. Melissa Hogenboom visits a Dutch prison to find out how.

April 24, 2018

USA: the première of “O.G.,” the film made inside an Indiana Prison

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Culture United States

The film “O.G.,” set and shot in a prison in Indiana, using inmates and guards as cast and crew, had its première on Friday night, as part of the Tribeca Film Festival

April 24, 2018

Belgique : 24 gardiens de la prison de Forest et une directrice jugés en correctionnelle pour maltraitance

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Europe Belgium

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April 24, 2018

An overlooked tragedy

Analysis Prison Insider's editorials

Europe Suicide Overcrowding Violence France

After Slovenia, our country has the highest rate of prison suicide in Europe. How can this be? There are numerous causes, but they can be examined by asking two questions: who is being punished? How are they being punished? The first one is a penal policy question; the second a prison policy one.

April 23, 2018

Britain's prison crisis caused by "poor political decisions" by Conservatives and huge cuts, former head of jails says

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United Kingdom

Former director-general of HM Prison Service says violence driven by ‘budget cuts, poor political decisions and frequent changes of political direction’

April 23, 2018

USA: 1 dead and 11 treated for overdoses at Northern California prison

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Drugs United States

Suspected drug overdoses at a Northern California prison over the weekend left one inmate dead and sent 11 others for treatment, authorities said Monday.

April 23, 2018

Japan: a voice coming out of isolation

Testimonial

Asia Discipline Japan

“Every day, I took many tranquillisers”. Testimonial of M. Iwazaki, imprisoned for 15 years in a prison in Chiba (Japan)

April 22, 2018

États-Unis : prison, chiffres

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United States

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April 22, 2018

USA : un système carcéral violent et inégalitaire

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Torture Violence United States

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April 21, 2018

Brasil: motín con rehenes en una cárcel tras la fuga de 40 presos

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Protest Violence Brazil

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April 21, 2018

UK: mental health facilities ‘seriously deficient’

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Health Mental health United Kingdom

Mental Health Reform says it is “deeply concerned” that some vulnerable people still live in “mini-institutions” where there is no respect for their privacy or dignity.

April 20, 2018

France : le recours aux bracelets électroniques va s'intensifier

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Europe Alternatives France

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April 20, 2018

Torture, forced disappearance, arbitrary detention in Turkey, says U.S.

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Europe Middle East Torture Turkey

“Alleged torture of detainees in official custody, allegations of forced disappearance; arbitrary arrest and detention under the state of emergency of tens of thousands” are among the most significant human rights abuses of Turkey, the U.S. State Department noted in its annual Human Rights Practice…

April 20, 2018

USA: is rural America getting tired of tough-on-crime policies?

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United States

Across political, racial, and geographic lines, more Americans seem ready to move past the age of mass incarceration.

April 19, 2018

France : le nombre de détenus dans les prisons bat un nouveau record

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Europe France

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April 18, 2018

France : Prison de Fleury-Mérogis. Des enquêtes ouvertes après la mort de deux détenus

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Europe Violence France

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April 18, 2018

Italy: beyond the bars - how rugby is reforming Italian prisoners

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Italy

Italian rugby’s governing body, Federazione Italiane Rugby (FIR) has introduced rugby in 15 prisons across the country.They might live behind bars, but rugby has given prisoners in Italy a new-found freedom.

April 18, 2018

México: menores infractores no deben ser encarcelados

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Central America and the Caribbean Mexico

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