October 2021

October 29, 2021

Roland: “Great. This again.”

Testimonial

Coronavirus Health Facilities Rehabilitation France

Roland was imprisoned for a total of 28 years. Is the lockdown a second imprisonment? Prison Insider has brought out six narratives of former prisoners. Six perspectives on the lockdown and imprisonment. Read more

October 29, 2021

Emilio: “You can still go out.”

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Coronavirus Health Facilities France

Emilio was imprisoned for 15 months. Is the lockdown a second imprisonment? Prison Insider has brought out six narratives of former prisoners. Six perspectives on the lockdown and imprisonment. Read more

October 29, 2021

Clément: “My door wasn’t locked from the outside.”

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Coronavirus Health Facilities France

Clément was imprisoned for 11 years. Is the lockdown a second imprisonment? Prison Insider has brought out six narratives of former prisoners. Six perspectives on the lockdown and imprisonment. Read more

October 29, 2021

Stéphane: “I learned to live alone.”

Testimonial

Coronavirus Health Facilities France

Stéphane was imprisoned for 9 years. Is the lockdown a second imprisonment? Prison Insider has brought out six narratives of former prisoners. Six perspectives on the lockdown and imprisonment. Read more

October 29, 2021

Éric: “It was nothing like imprisonment.”

Testimonial

Coronavirus Health Facilities France

Éric was imprisoned for 19 years. Is the lockdown a second imprisonment? Prison Insider has brought out six narratives of former prisoners. Six perspectives on the lockdown and imprisonment. Read more

October 29, 2021

Thierry: “I was never alone in prison.”

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Coronavirus Health Facilities France

Thiérry was imprisoned for 10 years. Is the lockdown a second imprisonment? Prison Insider has brought out six narratives of former prisoners. Six perspectives on the lockdown and imprisonment. Read more

October 28, 2021

España: Navarra implantará en la cárcel de Pamplona programas sobre salud mental e igualdad de género

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Women Europe Mental health Spain

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October 28, 2021

España: Finalizan las obras de rehabilitación de la Cárcel Vieja de Murcia

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Europe Facilities Spain

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October 26, 2021

Myanmar: 120 political prisoners released from Dawei Prison

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Asia Justice Myanmar (Burma)

28 people were released from Dawei Prison on the night of October 18 and more than 90 were released by 4 pm on October 19.Those convicted under Section 505 (a), (c) were released at night October 18 and the defendants were released today, October 19. The military council announced on October 18 th1

Source — Mizzima

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October 26, 2021

Nigeria : 800 détenus s’évadent après une attaque dans une prison

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Africa Nigeria

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October 26, 2021

Ghana : un projet de loi menace de prison les homosexuels

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Africa LGBTI Justice Ghana

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October 26, 2021

Morocco: 'De-radicalisation' offers prisoners route to freedom

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Africa Morocco

The former hard-line Islamist, today a bearded prisoner in his 50s, said he once held beliefs that justified violence. I believed Muslims had a duty to fight oppressive rulers who don’t apply Islamic law, and to attack states that fight Muslims,“ he told AFP in the library of Kenitra prison, near R1

Source — Africa News

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October 26, 2021

Malaysia : Single mother with nine children sentenced to death for meth possession

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Women Asia Drugs Death penalty Malaysia

A 55-year-old woman was sentenced to death in Malaysia last week after being convicted for possessing drugs.Hairun Jalmani, a single mother of nine children, was sentenced by Judge Alwi Abdul Wahab on 15 October at the Tawau High Court in Sabah, Malaysia. She was caught with 113.9g of methamphetami1

Source — Independent

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October 25, 2021

Mexique : La criminalisation des manifestations autochtones

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North America Discipline Protest Mexico

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October 25, 2021

Rejection of LGBTQI+ people in Burkina Faso

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Africa Pre-trial detention LGBTI Material conditions Overcrowding Violence Burkina Faso

Karel tells us about detention conditions in Ouagadougou’s central police station and the treatment of incarcerated LGBTQI+ individuals. Read more

October 18, 2021

France: for moral sociology in prison

Interview

Europe Material conditions Overcrowding Violence Rehabilitation France

How can we consider prison critique? What tools can be used to adapt the role of prisons and the meaning of sentences? Is there hope for a successful outcome? Read more

October 17, 2021

Switzerland: walling up madness

Analysis Comparative study

Europe Access to legal rights Discipline Mental health Drugs Material conditions Switzerland

Many individuals suffering mental ill-health are detained in prisons. Others are detained in psychiatric facilities, sometimes for indeterminate lengths of time. These prisoners have different legal statuses, may be placed in several different settings, and receive various levels of care. What’s th1 Read more

October 17, 2021

Spain: walling up madness

Analysis Comparative study

Europe Access to legal rights Discipline Mental health Drugs Material conditions Spain

Many individuals who have committed offenses and suffer from mental health illness are held under the ordinary prison regime. Others are subjected to “security measures” and detained in forensic psychiatric hospitals or psychiatric inpatient units. These persons have different legal statuses, may b1 Read more

October 17, 2021

England and Wales: walling up madness

Analysis Comparative study

Europe Access to legal rights Discipline Mental health Drugs Material conditions United Kingdom

Many individuals suffering mental ill-health are detained in prisons. Others are detained in psychiatric facilities, sometimes for indeterminate lengths of time. These prisoners have different legal statuses, may be placed in several different settings, and receive various levels of care. What’s th1 Read more

October 15, 2021

The use of imprisonment around the world

Analysis Comparative study

Justice

The Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR), based at Birkbeck, University of London, led a comparative research and policy project to understand the causes and consequences of over-incarceration worldwide. ICPR has worked with a large network of NGOs, academic researchers and prac1 Read more

October 14, 2021

France: seen in the press / 2021

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Europe France

Violence, acts of protest, prison conditions, justice reforms: find out what is new about prisons and justice in this country. Prison Insider monitors the press on a regular basis. Read more

October 14, 2021

Uruguay: Secuestro, torturas y abusos sexuales: escándalo por el caso de un recluso que denunció las terribles vejaciones que padeció en una cárcel

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South America Torture Violence Uruguay

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October 14, 2021

Estados Unidos: Nueva York trasladará mujeres y transexuales de la peligrosa cárcel de Rikers

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North America Women LGBTI United States

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October 14, 2021

Los 6 países de América Latina y el Caribe donde la cantidad de presos duplica, triplica y hasta cuadriplica la capacidad de las cárceles

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Central America and the Caribbean South America Overcrowding

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