Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

January 25, 2023

Belgium: seen in the press / 2023

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Women Europe LGBTQI Long-term prisoners Justice Health Mental health Material conditions Work Belgium

Violence, acts of protest, prison conditions, justice reforms: find out what is new about prisons and justice in this country. Prison Insider monitors the press on a regular basis. Change the language setting to French or Spanish to read other articles.

January 24, 2023

USA: the Holmesburg prison experiments

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North America Health Violence United States

Allen M. Hornblum, author of “Acres of Skin”, tells us about the Holmesburg Prison Experiments (1951-1974). What makes prisoners particularly vulnerable to these forms of abuse? What impact have they had on prison practices today? Interview.

January 24, 2023

United Kingdom: seen in the press / 2023

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Women Europe Justice Health Mental health Material conditions Overcrowding United Kingdom

Violence, acts of protest, prison conditions, justice reforms: find out what is new about prisons and justice in this country. Prison Insider monitors the press on a regular basis.

January 24, 2023

Turkey: 520 children under the age of six in prison with their mothers

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Minors Middle East Turkey

Turkish prisons host some 14,000 women, 470 of whom are accompanied by their children.

January 24, 2023

Netherlands: Ultra-secure prison to get its own courtroom

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Europe Justice Facilities Netherlands

A courtroom will be built within the Extra Secure Institution (EBI) in Vught, where the country’s most serious convicted criminals and suspects are detained.

January 24, 2023

Egypt: 22 minors sentenced to lengthy prison terms

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Minors Middle East Justice Egypt

Rights groups denounce the sentencing of teenage boys to up to 15 years in prison after a ‘politically motivated’ mass trial.

January 24, 2023

Bahrain: Over 160 inmates lodge complaint over degrading prison conditions

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Middle East Material conditions Bahrain

Political opponents and pro-democracy activists have protested against inhumane conditions inside the kingdom’s notorious Jau Prison.

January 17, 2023

Chad: protesters' hellish ordeal in remote desert prison

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Africa Material conditions Violence Chad

Dehydrated as their crowded truck snaked through the dunes, some drank urine to survive, while those who died were tossed into the Chadian desert.

January 12, 2023

Ethiopia: OLA fighters set hundreds of detainees free

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Africa Protest Ethiopia

Members of the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), a rebel group operating against government forces in Oromia region, broke into a zonal correction facility in Bule Hora town, Southern Oromia, on Saturday 07 January and set more than 480 prisoners free.

January 12, 2023

China: Rights defender ‘brutally tortured’ in prison

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Asia Torture China

Lin Mingjie has been in prison since 2016 after he sued local officials for abusing the law for personal gain.

January 12, 2023

France: “Non-places"

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Europe Facilities France

Grégoire Korganow is a photographer. His series Périphéries (Surroundings) reveals the geography of incarceration in France: places in the middle of nowhere farther than the eye can see. He spoke with Prison Insider about one of his photographs.

January 11, 2023

United States: seen in the press / 2023

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Violence, acts of protest, prison conditions, justice reforms: find out what is new about prisons and justice in this country. Prison Insider monitors the press on a regular basis.

January 11, 2023

Turkey: prisons in the country host 1,517 sick inmates

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Middle East Health Turkey

There are at least 1,517 sick inmates in Turkish prisons, 651 of whom are seriously ill, Deutsche Welle (DW) Turkish service reported, citing a report from Turkey’s Human Rights Association (İHD).

January 11, 2023

Bangladesh: Workshop on developing protocol to tackle scabies in prisons

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Asia Health Bangladesh

Similar to prisons around the world, scabies is a recurrent health problem in places of detention in Bangladesh.

January 11, 2023

Chile: a special prison for indigenous peoples

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South America Chile

The Chilean Ministry of Justice is currently examining the possibility of creating a detention center exclusively for detainees belonging to indigenous peoples.

January 11, 2023

North Korea: Camp 15 is reorganized to increase prison population

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Asia Facilities North Korea

Daily NK’s source responded to reports suggesting that the Yodok prison camp has been closed by saying that nothing of the sort has happened.

January 11, 2023

India: Delhi HC says undertrial prisoners can’t be detained in custody for an indefinite period

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Asia Justice India

The court says the object of jail is neither ‘punitive nor preventive’ and that deprivation of liberty is considered a punishment.

January 11, 2023

Belarus: Former detainee speaks of torture

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Europe Violence Belarus

In Belarus, daily detentions, torture, and beatings on political grounds have been going on for over two years.

January 9, 2023

Canada: double bind for incarcerated minors

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Minors Facilities Rehabilitation Canada

Nicolas Sallée spent several months in a secure unit in Montreal, Quebec, where young people in conflict with the law are housed under supervision. Narratives and questions about the contradictions of the place emerged. Interview.

January 2, 2023

Pre-trial detention Women Europe Minors Foreign prisoners LGBTQI Long-term prisoners Access to legal rights Discipline Justice Health Mental health Material conditions Suicide Overcrowding Torture Violence Activities Social ties Work Belgium

All there is to know about Congolese prisons in 2023. Key figures, life in detention, references: discover all the data gathered by Prison Insider.

December 30, 2022

France : prisons in 2022

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Pre-trial detention Women Europe Minors Foreign prisoners LGBTQI Long-term prisoners Access to legal rights Discipline Justice Health Mental health Material conditions Suicide Overcrowding Torture Violence Activities Social ties Work France

All there is to know about French prisons in 2022. Key figures, life in detention, references: discover all the data gathered by Prison Insider.

December 9, 2022

Suisse : des détenus accros à la prégabaline mettent les médecins sous pression

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Europe Health Switzerland

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

December 9, 2022

Sénégal : le bracelet électronique pourra-t-il désengorger les prisons ?

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Africa Overcrowding Senegal

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December 8, 2022

Russia: Brittney Griner facing ‘terrible’ life at remote penal colony

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Asia Violence Russia

The inmates at IK-2 penal colony rise at 6 a.m. each day for a breakfast of milk porridge, bread and tea. Soon they leave their barracks at this aging facility about 300 miles southeast of Moscow, in the isolated republic of Mordovia.

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Belgium: seen in the press / 2023

USA: the Holmesburg prison experiments

United Kingdom: seen in the press / 2023

Turkey: 520 children under the age of six in prison with their mothers

Netherlands: Ultra-secure prison to get its own courtroom

Egypt: 22 minors sentenced to lengthy prison terms

Bahrain: Over 160 inmates lodge complaint over degrading prison conditions

Chad: protesters' hellish ordeal in remote desert prison

Ethiopia: OLA fighters set hundreds of detainees free

China: Rights defender ‘brutally tortured’ in prison

France: “Non-places"

United States: seen in the press / 2023

Turkey: prisons in the country host 1,517 sick inmates

Bangladesh: Workshop on developing protocol to tackle scabies in prisons

Chile: a special prison for indigenous peoples

North Korea: Camp 15 is reorganized to increase prison population

India: Delhi HC says undertrial prisoners can’t be detained in custody for an indefinite period

Belarus: Former detainee speaks of torture

Canada: double bind for incarcerated minors

Belgium : prisons in 2023

France : prisons in 2022

Suisse : des détenus accros à la prégabaline mettent les médecins sous pression

Sénégal : le bracelet électronique pourra-t-il désengorger les prisons ?

Russia: Brittney Griner facing ‘terrible’ life at remote penal colony