This month

May 5, 2022

Interview

Ukraine: “prisons are left on their own”

Europe Material conditions Facilities Violence Social ties Ukraine

Information about prison is not easily accessible, even less during the war. Prison Insider is seeking to update its information about Ukrainian prisons. Read more

May 24, 2022

Venezuela: the moment before

Insights Focus

Women South America Venezuela

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May 24, 2022

France : "there is a good amount of wandering around in my line of work"

Interview

Europe Material conditions Facilities Overcrowding France

Thierry Chantegret is a photographer with the French National Preventive Mechanism team. He spoke with us about the role of photography, his approach, and how he gets down to the facts. Read more

May 24, 2022

France: the holy month in prison

Testimonial

Europe Religion France

What is Ramadan like behind bars? Mohamed-Iqbal Zaidouni, the regional Muslim Chaplain at Rennes prison tells us all about it. Read more

May 19, 2022

Argentina : Siguen las advertencias por pésimas condiciones en comisarías y cárceles

News

Women South America Material conditions Argentina

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May 19, 2022

Salvador : Incrementa el peligro en las cárceles

News

Central America and the Caribbean Overcrowding El Salvador

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May 19, 2022

Écuador : Al menos 43 presos mueren en un nuevo enfrentamiento

News

South America Violence Ecuador

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May 19, 2022

Perù : La moda social teje reinserción en las cárceles

News

South America Activities Rehabilitation Work Peru

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May 19, 2022

España : Literatura de evasión: qué leen los presos en las cárceles españolas

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Europe Activities Spain

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May 19, 2022

Syria : Families wait desperately for loved ones' release after prison amnesty

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Middle East Social ties Syria

Dozens of Syrians gathered on the streets of Damascus last night, hoping that their relatives would be among a batch of detainees released under a new amnesty. Families assembled in the “President’s Bridge” area, awaiting the arrival of buses carrying people who have been held for years in Syria’s…

Source — Middle East Eye

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May 19, 2022

South Sudan : Islamic Council, Somali community release 7 inmates from Juba Prison

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Africa Justice South Sudan

The inmates are said to have been jailed for petty crimes including failure to pay debts and court fines. Their release was concluded during Eid-el Fitr celebrations.

Source — Radio Tamazuj

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May 19, 2022

Nigeria : Kano: Ganduje pardons 90 prisons inmates

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Africa Justice Nigeria

The governor has also made provisions to register the former prisoners in skills acquisition programmes in the state, Naija News understands. Governor Ganduje assured that his government will free more inmates in the next 70 days during Eid el-Kabir celebration.The governor reminded them that the p…

Source — Naija News

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May 18, 2022

Burkina Faso : Un mort et au moins 60 prisonniers libérés dans l'attaque d'une prison

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Africa Violence Burkina Faso

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May 18, 2022

Équateur : Le gouvernement n’arrive pas à enrayer les massacres à répétition dans les prisons

News

South America Justice Violence Ecuador

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May 18, 2022

USA: inside the kids’ cells

Insights Interview

North America Minors Material conditions United States

They are 60,000. Who? The minors incarcerated in America’s prisons. Richard Ross is a photographer. His ‘Juvenile in Justice’ work has been giving them a voice for the past two decades. Read more

May 18, 2022

Tunisia:  Silent abuses

Interview

Middle East LGBTI Justice Violence Tunisia

Arbitrary detention, lack of medical care, stigmatisation, and violence: LGBTQI++ prisoners are subjected to all kinds of untold abuse. Read more

May 18, 2022

France: in search of meaning

Testimonial

Women Europe Activities Social ties Religion France

Sakina is a Muslim chaplain in prison. She guides female prisoners in their religious practice. Ramadan, daily organiszation, work on self-esteem… She tells us all about it Read more

May 17, 2022

USA: "This is the real Miami"

Insights Focus

North America Minors Justice United States

Richard Ross has been working on incarcerated minors for almost two decades. He is commenting a picture which encapsulates his commitment to this subject. A picture to tell what the country is doing with his youth. Read more

May 16, 2022

Sénégal : prison de camp pénal et de Kaolack, 15 détenus en grève de la faim

News

Africa Health Material conditions Senegal

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May 10, 2022

Algeria: a month (almost) like any other

Testimonial

Africa Material conditions Torture Religion Algeria

Rachid M. was imprisoned in El-Harrach and then Tizi Ouzou between 1996 and 1999. He tells us about conditions in prison, visits and Ramadan. Read more

May 4, 2022

Argentina: "The phone is everything to me"

News

Women South America Material conditions Argentina

When Paola, 35, heard she and her cellmates would be allowed mobile phones in their prison cell at the start of the global Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020, she celebrated ecstatically. “It felt like freedom,” she recalled. “But they were juste cellphones!” After one of her fellow inmates in the Pen…

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May 2, 2022

Australia: seen in the press / 2022

News

Oceania Australia

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