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April 19, 2018

France : le nombre de détenus dans les prisons bat un nouveau record

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Europe France

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April 18, 2018

France : Prison de Fleury-Mérogis. Des enquêtes ouvertes après la mort de deux détenus

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Europe Violence France

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April 18, 2018

Italy: beyond the bars - how rugby is reforming Italian prisoners

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Italy

Italian rugby’s governing body, Federazione Italiane Rugby (FIR) has introduced rugby in 15 prisons across the country.They might live behind bars, but rugby has given prisoners in Italy a new-found freedom.

April 18, 2018

México: menores infractores no deben ser encarcelados

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America Central America and the Caribbean Mexico

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April 16, 2018

USA: sept morts, 17 blessés dans une mutinerie dans une prison

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Protest Violence United States

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April 16, 2018

Somalia: cárcel para poetisa por hablar contra independencia zona secesionista

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Asia Somalia

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April 16, 2018

France : la prison ultrasécurisée d'Alençon prépare l'arrivée de détenus radicalisés

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Europe Discipline Facilities France

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April 16, 2018

Japón: ancianos que cometen delitos para al menos tener compañía en la cárcel

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Asia Japan

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April 16, 2018

USA: locked up and vulnerable, when prison makes things worse

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United States

Many incarcerated women are victims themselves – of mental health problems, and of crimes worse than their own. Is prison the wrong place for them?

April 16, 2018

France : "ça ressemblait à une prison", témoigne un enfant albanais, passé par un centre de rétention de Moselle

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Europe France

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April 15, 2018

France : conditions de détention des terroristes, les pratiques de Fleury-Mérogis en question

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Europe Discipline Material conditions Work France

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April 15, 2018

Israel: to free 200 migrants detained at Saharonim prison

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Middle East Israel

Migrants and rights groups say the migrants are seeking asylum after fleeing war and persecution, but the government maintains that they are “job seekers” and “infiltrators.”

April 15, 2018

Argentina: una cárcel vieja, mil historias y ocho gatos

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America South America Argentina

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April 14, 2018

Russia: detainees who had rebelled against systematic torture sentenced to heavy sentences

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Asia Europe Torture Russia

At the end of a lengthy trial, 17 participants in a protest that took place in the Kopeysk penal colony (Ural Region) in November 2012 in response to systematic torture practices were sentenced to up to 5 years of prison by the Chelyabinsk Regional Court for “mass riots.”

April 13, 2018

Roumaine : pourquoi le pays veut vider ses prisons

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Romania

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April 13, 2018

UK: chemical castration of sex offenders re-examined

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United Kingdom

Treating sex offenders with chemical castration is to be reviewed by the Scottish Government amid a clamour to increase its use after the row over the planned release of rapist John Worboys.

April 12, 2018

Uruguay: condena carcelaria de la ONU

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America South America Uruguay

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April 12, 2018

France : à la prison de Fresnes, le pouvoir de l’argent

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Europe France

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April 11, 2018

Twenty dead in attempted breakout from Brazil prison

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America South America Protest Violence Brazil

A number of inmates at a jail in the northern Brazilian city of Belem have died during an attempted mass breakout.

April 10, 2018

USA: solitary confinement of mentally ill persists in Oregon prison

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Discipline Mental health United States

The more than three dozen men incarcerated in the behavioral health unit at the Oregon State Penitentiary spend almost 23 hours a day confined to a dark, small cell — a practice akin to “torture,” according to disability rights leaders.

April 10, 2018

Myanmar: they documented a massacre. Their prize is a prison cell.

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Asia Myanmar (Burma)

The two journalists, who were investigating a massacre of 10 Muslim Rohingya men in Rakhine State, face up to 14 years in prison under the British colonial-era secrets act.

April 9, 2018

USA: video visitation system fails at Virginia Beach jail, preventing visits for more than a week

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Social ties United States

Virginia Beach’s jail replaced face-to-face visits between inmates and their family and friends with a video visitation system in 2005. The system, however, has become increasingly unreliable and will be replaced with a new web-based one that no longer will require visitors to come to the facility.

April 9, 2018

Suisse : l'absentéisme plombe la prison de Champ-Dollon.

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Europe Switzerland

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April 9, 2018

Suisse : des prisons au rayon X

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Europe Switzerland

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