October 2018
Europe
France
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Source — L'express
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Europe
Social ties
France
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Source — Vice
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Europe
Greece
The organization, which provides social support to young people that are in difficulty or danger, said that there were currently only 1,195 beds available for 3,558 registered unaccompanied minors in Greece, based on data it received from the National Center for Social Solidarity (EKKA).
Source — Ekathimerini
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Central America and the Caribbean
Violence
Haiti
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Source — Listin Diario
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New Zealand: imprisoned minorities
Interview
Oceania
New Zealand
The New Zealand prison population has doubled in the last 15 years. Prison Insider published the figures in January 2017, in New Zealand’s country-profile, and cautioned that the record number of 10,000 prisoners was about to be surpassed and as predicted, this number was reached in June 2018.
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North America
Drugs
Canada
Ontario’s corrections ministry says it does not track the number of opioid overdoses in its jails, even though prisoners have died and staff are routinely treating inmates for overdoses.
Source — Ottawa Citizen
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Europe
Violence
France
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Source — OIP
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Europe
France
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Source — Faire Face
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Canary Islands
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Source — Diario de Lanzarote
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Europe
Social ties
France
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Source — Capital
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Europe
France
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Source — Libération
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Europe
France
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Source — Epris de Justice
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Puerto Rico
As private prisons proliferate, more prisoners are being transferred to facilities where companies have excess capacity. For government clients, it can save money and relieve overcrowding. For prisoners, it means being locked up hundreds or thousands of miles from family, friends and legal counsel.
Source — Bloomberg
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Social ties
United States
While the technology has its uses in the criminal justice system, it’s no substitute for in-person contact.
Recently, a feel-good video circulated on Twitter. “Orleans Parish Inmates Get Surprise Visit From Family for Good Behavior” showed incarcerated fathers holding their newborns for the first t…
Source — Slate
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Europe
France
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Source — France Culture
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Pre-trial detention
France
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Source — Dalloz Actualité
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Europe
France
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Source — Libération
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