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September 12, 2018

France : Nicole Belloubet annonce que son plan prison fera baisser la population carcérale de 8000 personnes

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Europe Overcrowding France

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September 12, 2018

France : pourquoi le pays n'en finit pas avec la surpopulation carcérale

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Europe Overcrowding France

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September 12, 2018

France: the government to stop sending petty criminals to prison

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Europe Overcrowding France

France’s Minister for Justice has unveiled a plan to stop overcrowding in the country’s prisons that will scrap short sentences and create 7,000 extra places for more serious offenders.

September 11, 2018

United Kingdom: how sport in prison could stop reoffending

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United Kingdom

Opinion Rosie Meek: The MoJ’s promise of money is welcome, but I propose a radical, far-reaching sport programme for the justice system.

September 11, 2018

USA: at least 650 inmates in South Carolina could be stranded when hurricane Florence hits

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United States

South Carolina officials don’t plan to move at least 650 inmates from a prison located in a county that’s under mandatory evacuation order as Category 4 Hurricane Florence approaches.

September 11, 2018

USA: hundreds of NC inmates are on the move because of Hurricane Florence

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United States

North Carolina officials say they have begun evacuating hundreds of inmates from state prisons and county jails who are in the projected path of Hurricane Florence.

September 10, 2018

Mundo: Didier Fassin – “La pregunta no es si está bien o mal castigar, sino por qué se castiga a unos y no a otros”

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Justice

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September 10, 2018

Brésil : Evasion de masse dans une prison de haute sécurité

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America South America Protest Brazil

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September 10, 2018

France : douzième suicide de l’année à la prison de Fleury-Mérogis

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Europe Health Suicide France

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September 9, 2018

United Kingdom: sexual assaults in women's prison reignite debate over transgender inmates

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Women LGBTQI United Kingdom

A leading prison reformer has said prisoners who have committed violent offences against women should not be able to transfer to women’s prisons if they have not legally changed their gender, after it emerged that a transgender inmate had sexually assaulted fellow prisoners after transferring to a…

September 7, 2018

USA: will the 2018 prison strike mean better meals for people inside?

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Health Material conditions Protest United States

At the conclusion of a nearly three-week prison strike across North America, the incarcerated and advocates have sought better conditions and better food.

September 6, 2018

Australia: female prisoner dies in Brisbane prison

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Women Oceania Australia

A 51-year-old female prisoner died at Brisbane Women’s Correctional Centre in the early hours of Thursday morning.

September 5, 2018

Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée : Bomana, la prison tropicale réinventée

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Africa Papua New Guinea

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September 5, 2018

Canada: why prisoners are participating in the US Prison Strike

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America North America Protest Canada

Much of the US prison system’s distinguishing features — massive racial disparities, the exploitation of prisoners’ labor by private firms, overcrowding, brutality, and much more — are the same in Canada.

September 5, 2018

France : les maux de la prison

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Europe France

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September 5, 2018

USA: a mega-merger in the prison phone industry is in the FCC's hands

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Social ties United States

Securus has had more than its share of negative headlines. In the past few years, the company, which provides technology services to prisons and jails, has been slammed by inmates’ families who say they’re charged outrageous prices to phone loved ones.

September 5, 2018

Belgique : chaque prison devra se doter d'un organe de concertation dès mi-septembre

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Europe Belgium

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September 5, 2018

South Africa: inmates claim harsh conditions in super-maximum prison

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Material conditions South Africa

KwaZulu-Natal Correctional Services authorities have dismissed claims of inhumane conditions at the country’s only super-maximum prison in Ebongweni, Kokstad.

September 4, 2018

Chequea: las cárceles están sobrepobladas

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Overcrowding Czechia

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September 4, 2018

Cuba: niegan atención médica a reo con tuberculosis en una prisión de La Habana

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America Central America and the Caribbean Health Cuba

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September 1, 2018

Argentina: advierten sobre desigualdad de género en cárceles

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America South America Justice Argentina

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August 27, 2018

Turkey: former NATO officer speaks of torture after failed coup

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Europe Torture Turkey

More than 150,000 civil servants were purged after Turkey’s 2016 failed coup. Officers at NATO bases were ordered back and many were jailed.

August 27, 2018

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe returns to Iran's Evin prison after three-day release

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Middle East Iran

British-Iranian national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has returned to Iran’s Evin prison after a three-day release period that ended Sunday. Her husband Richard Ratcliffe had been hopeful this would mark the beginning of the end of her ordeal.

August 26, 2018

Mexico y Estados Unidos: de madres solteras y cárcel

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America Central America and the Caribbean Mexico

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