November 2016
Raed Al Nakshbandi, Syria
Testimonial
Hend Alkahwaji, Syria
Testimonial
United Kingdom
Damning report criticises category C jail’s treatment of inmates with some locked in their cells for more than 24 hours at a time.
The regime at the category C Hindley jail near Wigan is “one of the worst and possibly one of the very worst that inspectors had ever seen in this type of prison”, an o…
Source — The Guardian
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South America
Overcrowding
Colombia
A report by Colombia’s Comptroller General details the state’s failure to control runaway overcrowding in prisons despite major investments, highlighting the deep-rooted issues that Latin American states consistently fail to address in reforming their crumbling penitentiary systems.
The report desc…
Source — Insight Crime
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Asia
Japan
Should prison facilities be friendly to aging inmates or remain punitively hard for criminals?
It is a question that was faced by Asahikawa Prison in Hokkaido, which was remodeled and reopened earlier this year. The three-story, reinforced concrete building has about 500 private cells, each equippe…
Source — The Japan Times
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Suicide
United States
Penal reform groups warn of mental health epidemic, with prison suicide rate 10 times higher than among general population.
More than 100 people have killed themselves in prisons in England and Wales so far this year, according to penal reform groups, prompting warnings of a mental health epidemic…
Source — The Guardian
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United States
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Source — 20 Minutes
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Europe
Protest
Violence
France
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Source — France Info
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Europe
Protest
Violence
France
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Source — Le Figaro
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Africa
Burkina Faso
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Source — Le Monde
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Europe
Spain
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Source — El Periodico de Catalunya
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United States
The women’s wing of the jail here exhales sadness. The inmates, wearing identical orange uniforms, ache as they undergo withdrawal from drugs, as they eye one another suspiciously, and as they while away the days stripped of freedom, dignity, privacy and, most painful of all, their children.
Source — NY Times
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Europe
Middle East
Turkey
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Source — Libération
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Asia
Philippines
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Source — Ouest-France
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United States
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Source — Courrier International
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Africa
Nigeria
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Source — Le Monde
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Europe
Social ties
France
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Source — La Dépêche
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