Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

July 6, 2019

Algeria: mutinerie à la prison de Laghouat

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Africa Protest Violence Algeria

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July 6, 2019

Mauritanie: rapport sur la peine de mort, "un bagne au pays des sables"

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Africa Death penalty Violence Mauritania

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June 25, 2019

France: en immersion dans les unités pour détenus violents

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Europe Violence France

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June 24, 2019

Chad: un mort et cinq blessés dans une tentative d'évasion

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Africa Protest Violence Chad

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June 17, 2019

10 dead in Paraguay prison riot

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South America Drugs Violence Paraguay

At least 10 people died during a riot in the San Pedro prison here on Sunday, with five of them having been beheaded, state media has reported. Paraguayan newspaper reported that four people died due to sustaining burns since a long time, while one more died later in a hospital, after quoting prose…

June 14, 2019

Mauritanie: un rapport sur la peine de mort apporte un éclairage sur les limites de la justice dans ce pays

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Africa Death penalty Violence Mauritania

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June 13, 2019

Belarus: un prisonnier condamné à mort exécuté

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Europe Death penalty Violence Belarus

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June 7, 2019

He was arrested at 13. Now Saudi Arabia wants to execute him

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Middle East Death penalty Violence Saudi Arabia

As a boy, Qureiris participated in demonstrations like this bike ride, expressions of dissent in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province during the 2011 Arab Spring. Three years after he was filmed taking part in the bike protest, Saudi authorities arrested Qureiris, then just 13 years old. He was travelin…

May 28, 2019

Brazil: 55 inmates killed in spate of prison riots

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South America Violence Brazil

Fifty-five inmates have died in gang-related riots at four prisons in western Brazil, according to authorities. Fifteen prisoners were found dead Sunday and 40 more Monday in the city of Manaus, the capital of the state of Amazonas, the region’s Governor Wilson Lima said.

May 26, 2019

Tajikistan: activist gives rare glimpse of Tajik prison where deadly violence occurred

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Violence Tajikistan

Azamat Shambilov is one of few outsiders to have visited Tajikistan’s Kirpichniy prison before it became the scene of a deadly riot this week.

May 13, 2019

France: vétusté et violences, la visite surprise d'Esther Benbassa à la prison pour mineurs de Porcheville

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Europe Violence France

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May 13, 2019

France: une étude scientifique remet en cause l’intérêt de la prison dans la prévention des violences

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Europe Violence France

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May 9, 2019

Death penalty: global trends

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Africa North America Asia Death penalty Violence

Reduction of 30% in the number of executions, decrease in the number of countries having recourse to the executions: human rights organisation Amnesty international publishes its 2018 report on recourse to the death penalty.

May 7, 2019

France: dans une prison de la banlieue de Lille, un nouveau quartier réservé aux détenus violents

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Europe Facilities Violence France

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April 16, 2019

Equatorial Guinea: Teodoro Obiang lance le processus pour abolir la peine de mort

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Africa Death penalty Violence Guinea

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April 10, 2019

Death penalty 2018: dramatic fall in global executions

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Death penalty Violence

Global executions fell by almost one-third last year to the lowest figure in at least a decade, Amnesty International said in its 2018 global review of the death penalty published today. The statistics assess known executions worldwide except in China, where figures thought to be in their thousands…

April 5, 2019

USA: America is finally being exposed to the devastating reality of prison violence

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North America Violence United States

Recent reports show how overcrowding, understaffing, and limited resources are contributing to violence in prisons.

March 14, 2019

Mauritania: sentenced to death then pardoned

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Africa Death penalty Violence Mauritania

Fatimata was sentenced to death. Pardoned in 2016, she tells her story.

March 6, 2019

France: Inmate Michaël Chiolo wounds guards at France's Condé-sur-Sarthe prison

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Europe Violence France

A prison inmate in northern France has seriously wounded two guards in a knife attack, in what French ministers have described as a “terrorist incident”.

February 27, 2019

La peine de mort continue à reculer dans le monde

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Death penalty Violence

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February 26, 2019

France : surpopulation, violence, contrebande et troubles psychiatriques dans les prisons de La Réunion

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Europe Mental health Overcrowding Violence France

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February 23, 2019

Belgium: 447 décès en prison en 8 ans: des prisonniers à la santé précaire

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Europe Health Violence Belgium

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January 31, 2019

Togo: repressed political commitment

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Africa Justice Torture Violence Togo

Togo is experiencing a serious socio-political crisis. Mistreatment and arbitrary arrests are on the rise. Here is the current situation.

January 28, 2019

Brazil’s prison gangs are launching massive terrorism attacks. This explains why

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South America Violence Brazil

Just one day after his inauguration, Brazil’s right-wing populist President Jair Bolsonaro faced his first public-security crisis. On Jan. 2, prison gangs launched a terrorism campaign throughout Ceara state, paralyzing the capital city, Fortaleza. Although he has deployed federal troops, violence…