Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

February 1, 2018

USA: "Bio Warfare" - How prisons help the spread of hepatitis C behind bars

News

Health United States

Anarchist prisoner Noah “Kado” Coffin offers some observations about the conditions that allow the spread of Hepatitis C behind bars, and the Texas prison system’s indifference to the disease.

Source — IGD

January 31, 2018

UK: probation Prisoner stabbed to death at Wormwood Scrubs in London

News

United Kingdom

Incident follows concerns over high levels of violence at prison including attacks on staff.

Source — The Guardian

January 31, 2018

UK: collapsed trial woman says she gave birth "alone" in prison

News

United Kingdom

A woman held in custody for more than 13 months before her trial collapsed has told the BBC she hopes someone will be punished for the failures which led to her giving birth in prison.

Source — BBC

January 30, 2018

USA: women's prison populations in 35 states 'worse than men's' study says

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North America Women United States

In a few states, women’s prison populations have even grown enough to counteract reductions in the men’s population.

Source — The Guardian

January 30, 2018

France : (VIDEO) Bernard Bolze - "C’est la politique pénale qui fabrique la détention, pas la délinquance."

News

Europe Overcrowding France

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

Source — Regards

January 29, 2018

France : "Les prisons étouffent ? Il faut leur donner de l'air"

News

Europe France

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

Source — le JDD

January 29, 2018

France : des nouvelles des prisons - que se passe-t-il derrière les barreaux?

News

Europe France

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

Source — RFI

January 29, 2018

Belgique : Nicola Cohen invité de l'émission "Au bout du jour"

News

Europe Belgium

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

Source — RTBF

January 28, 2018

Puerto Rico: cárceles de mujeres tendrán área recreativa para hijos de reclusas

News

Puerto Rico

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.

Source — El Nuevo Día

January 28, 2018

España: el PSOE denuncia que los accidentes laborales en cárceles se han incrementado un 30% con Rajoy

News

Spain

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.

Source — Europa Press

January 28, 2018

Uruguay: ANEP nota mejora en la educación carcelaria

News

South America Uruguay

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.

Source — El País

January 28, 2018

Argentina: nació en la cárcel, fue "pibe chorro" y llegó al Gran Rex - "Estuve la mitad de mi vida encerrado"

News

South America Argentina

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.

Source — infobae

January 27, 2018

Cárceles bonaerenses: la calesita del hacinamiento

News

Argentina

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

Source — Perfil

January 26, 2018

Doing time in a Colombian prison

News

Colombia

Appalling conditions, drugs and overpopulation plague Colombian prisons, prevent successful reintegration and induce relapses into criminal behaviour. A recent operation revealing that many scams are done from behind the bars, shows that current prisons are far from just being corrective institutio…

Source — The Bogotá Post

January 26, 2018

France : prisons - le syndicat majoritaire signe le projet d’accord présenté par le gouvernement

News

Europe France

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

Source — Le Monde

January 25, 2018

France : "Aucune douche depuis 9 jours" - un détenu dépose un recours pour dénoncer les conséquences du mouvement des gardiens

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Europe France

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

Source — L'OBS

January 25, 2018

Maroc : les ONG en viennent à regretter Hassan II

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Africa Morocco

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

Source — Mediapart

January 24, 2018

France: French prison guards in nationwide strike after attacks

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Europe Protest France

A series of attacks against prison guards by inmates at institutions across France has led to a nationwide strike in the country.

Source — BBC

January 24, 2018

France : des "prisons pour terroristes ", une idée controversée

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Europe Facilities France

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

Source — La Croix

January 24, 2018

How does anxiety haunt prisoners on lockdowns

Testimonial

United States

“Lock the fuck in! Get in your cells!” The beginning of a lock down. Eric Van Buren, detained in the USA, shares his story. Read more

January 23, 2018

UK: Female prison inmates subject to "excessive strip-searching" despite many being victims of sexual abuse

News

Women United Kingdom

Campaigners call for policy of routine strip searching to be revised as “matter of urgency” after prison watchdog finds “disappointingly” high use of practice on women.

Source — The Independent

January 22, 2018

Blockade

Prison Insider's editorials

Violence France

In 2017, nearly 4,000 physical assaults against prison guards in France were reported, just short of eleven per day. It was the last straw. Frustrated, angry, or simply ill at ease, prison guards in France are blockading the prisons… Read more

January 19, 2018

UK: How Liverpool prison became UK's 'worst jail'

News

United Kingdom

The damning report on Liverpool prison by HM Inspectorate of Prisons, published on Friday, says conditions in the establishment are “squalid”. But this is just the latest in a series of major problems faced by the jail.

Source — BBC

January 17, 2018

Argentina: Prisoners of Buenos Aires Province before a wall of arbitrariness

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South America Access to legal rights Argentina

One of our correspondents, the International Prisons Observatory [“Observatorio Internacional de Prisiones,” or OIP] - Argentina section, recently addressed a letter to the Procurator of Buenos Aires Province to alert him to a series of disturbing observations made of prisons conditions in this pro…

Source — OIP Argentina