Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

June 30, 2018

España: cuatro cárceles catalanas, listas para acoger a los políticos presos

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Spain

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Source — ABC España

June 29, 2018

France : la prison de Fresnes va être rénovée

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Europe France

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Source — Le Figaro

June 28, 2018

Brésil : une cinquantaine de détenus s’évadent d’une prison

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South America Brazil

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

Source — Le Monde

June 28, 2018

España: otro preso que relata desatención y maltratos

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Spain

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Source — Kaosenlared

June 27, 2018

UK: government scraps proposed women's 'community prisons' in new strategy to reduce female offending

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Women Facilities United Kingdom

Campaigners warn funding offered for community focussed plans is “wholly inadequate”.

Source — The Independant

June 27, 2018

UK: in prison I saw the futility of locking up women for minor crimes

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Women United Kingdom

I spent nine weeks behind bars. I’m glad the government is scrapping plans to build new female prisons

Source — The Guardian

June 27, 2018

Belgique : se réinsérer sans dents?

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Europe Belgium

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

Source — Le Soir

June 27, 2018

France : trois questions à Olivia, militante du Genepi, sur la situation des personnes LGBT+ en prison

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Europe France

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Source — Komitid

June 27, 2018

No todo se solventa con la prisión

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Source — Diario 16

June 27, 2018

Venezuela: motín termina en traslado de presos

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South America Protest Violence Venezuela

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Source — Excelsior

June 26, 2018

France : inconstitutionnalité du régime de restriction des communications en détention

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Europe Justice France

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Source — Dalloz actualité

June 26, 2018

Pays-Bas : forcés de fermer des prisons car il y manque de détenus

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Europe Netherlands

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Source — Ayoye

June 26, 2018

Turkey: torture has increased, prisons are at capacity

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Europe Middle East Torture Turkey

NGOs in Amed have issued a statement saying that with the State of Emergency in Turkey,, torture has increased, prisons have reached capacity and people have been abducted, and pointed out the importance of solidarity.

Source — ANF News

June 26, 2018

España: Sánchez revisará la política penitenciaria de los presos de ETA

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Spain

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Source — Público

June 25, 2018

Estados Unidos: esto es una cárcel, no un hospital

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Health United States

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Source — La Opinión

June 24, 2018

Canada: nearly half of youth incarcerated across the country are Indigenous

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North America Canada

Nearly half of all youth who end up in custody across Canada are Indigenous, a statistic that a Manitoba activist says shows unacceptable and systemic racism.

Source — Warrior Publications

June 21, 2018

USA: video call to action from inside Angola prison

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Protest United States

A video was released from a prison rebel inside of Louisiana’s Angola prison.The goals are to organize incarcerated people against the racist and exploitative nature of the prison system and society as a whole.

Source — Decarcerate Louisiana

June 21, 2018

Torture committee tells Serbia to curb police violence

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Europe Torture Violence Serbia

The Council of Europe’s anti-torture committee has called on Serbia to stop its police from habitually using violence to force suspects to confess to crimes.

Source — Balcan Insight

June 21, 2018

Belgique : droits des détenus en temps de grève … un minimum syndical

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Europe Access to legal rights Belgium

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Source — OIP-Section belge

June 20, 2018

Uruguay: recluso de 29 años víctima del noveno asesinato en cárceles en 2018

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South America Uruguay

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Source — Ecos Latinosamérica

June 20, 2018

Ireland: Court asked to hear appeal with possible implications for up to 1,000 "slopping out" cases.

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Ireland

The Supreme Court has been asked to hear an appeal by a former prisoner with potential implications for up to 1,000 cases concerning slopping out in prisons.

Source — Irish Examiner

June 20, 2018

Este es el infierno de las principales cárceles de Colombia

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Colombia

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Source — El Tiempo

June 20, 2018

Russia: lawmakers finally move forward with legislation that could release 100,000 prisoners

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Asia Europe Russia

After 10 years, the State Duma has adopted a second reading of legislation that would mean less time behind bars for Russians convicted of many crimes.

Source — MediaZona

June 20, 2018

France: insalubrité et sur-occupation à la maison d'arrêt des femmes de Mulhouse

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Women Europe France

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

Source — OIP-Section française