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December 19, 2018

USA: here’s what the prison reform bill actually does — and doesn’t do

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United States

Prison reform advocates are hailing the Senate passage of the bipartisan First Step Act as a watershed moment for American criminal justice, which could positively impact the lives of thousands of federal prisoners.

December 19, 2018

Colombia: cárceles de Manizales registran un cierre de año negativo

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America South America Colombia

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December 18, 2018

Comores: nouvelles peines de prison infligées à des membres de l'opposition

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Africa Comoros

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December 18, 2018

USA: a poacher who killed hundreds of deer was sentenced to repeatedly watch ‘Bambi’

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United States

Authorities have no idea how many deer the Berry family and their associates illegally killed in the fields and forests of southern Missouri over the past decade, but the details of their poaching operation would make any animal lover’s stomach turn.

December 17, 2018

France: lutter contre le danger de la radicalisation en prison [video]

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Europe Discipline Religion France

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December 17, 2018

Finland: on a visité une "prison ouverte"

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Europe Facilities Finland

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December 17, 2018

Russia: notorious 19th-century Moscow prison will be closed

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Asia Europe Russia

Russian prison officials have announced plans to close the infamous Butyrka prison in central Moscow and relocate its inmates to the city’s outskirts.

December 17, 2018

Ireland: vulnerable woman repeatedly assaulted upon leaving prison

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Europe Ireland

A vulnerable woman was repeatedly sexually assaulted after being released from a Belfast prison 13 times, a report has said.

December 17, 2018

Somalia closes notorious prison amid abuse allegations

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Somalia

Somalia has closed an underground prison where the government has held extremist suspects and journalists amid allegations of abuses against inmates, the security minister said on Sunday.

December 16, 2018

Iran: mort en prison d’un blogueur en grève de la faim

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Middle East Violence Iran

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December 16, 2018

United States: kids to receive recordings of moms in prison reading to them for Christmas, SC officials say

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United States

A select group of inmates at a South Carolina prison is getting a special Christmas gift — an opportunity to give something to their children.

December 15, 2018

United Kingdom: high levels of pepper-spray misuse found in prisons pilot scheme

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Europe United Kingdom

Prisons charity calls for halt to rollout after it finds officers routinely breached guidance.

December 15, 2018

Spain: aumentan las agresiones a los funcionarios de prisiones en Madrid

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Europe Spain

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December 15, 2018

Australia: Marie Triller, la prison de Fremantle

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Oceania Australia

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December 14, 2018

France : Paris, la prison de la Santé prépare sa réouverture

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Europe Health Facilities France

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December 14, 2018

Brazil: concours de décorations de Noël [video]

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America South America Brazil

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December 14, 2018

Australia: Queensland prison guards giving inmates drugs and weapons, damning report finds

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Oceania Drugs Australia

Watchdog says systems meant to detect and deal with corruption are not working. A damning new report shows corruption is alive and well in Queensland’s prison system, with guards hooking up with inmates and supplying them with booze, drugs and even weapons.

December 13, 2018

France: en prison, comment les détenus radicalisés sont-ils suivis à leur sortie ?

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Europe Discipline Rehabilitation France

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December 12, 2018

Togo: les visiteuses sont victimes d'attouchements dans une prison

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Africa Social ties Togo

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December 12, 2018

France: l’Enap, l’école qui forme les surveillants de prison

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Europe France

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December 12, 2018

United States: report condemns australian prison for forcing woman to give birth alone in cell

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Oceania United States

Sometime around 6:30 p.m. on March 11, a pregnant woman locked in an Australian maximum security prison cell began crying out for help. For more than an hour she wailed in pain, pleading for someone to intervene. She was 36 weeks pregnant and the child was about four weeks too early.

December 12, 2018

USA: the criminal justice reform bill you’ve never heard of

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United States

Mitch McConnell’s Senate has quietly passed juvenile justice legislation that would ban states from holding children in adult jails.

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December 12, 2018

LGBTI prisoners: preventing torture and abuses

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The APT recently issued a new practical guide to protect LGBTI persons deprived of liberty. It provides practical guidance to help accounting for sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics in a torture prevention framework.

December 11, 2018

Uruguay: las cárceles, una “anomalía estructural” y un “nuevo circuito violento” [audio]

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America South America Violence Uruguay

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