April 11, 2017 France : surpopulation en prison, les derniers chiffres News Europe Overcrowding France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 11, 2017 Indonesia: House to deliberate alternative forms of punishment in Criminal Code News Asia Justice Indonesia The House of Representatives’ working committee for the amendment of the Criminal Code (KUHP) is looking into alternative forms of punishment in addition to imprisonment.
April 11, 2017 France : prisons, la réclusion à la peine News Europe France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 10, 2017 United States: New York raises age of criminal responsibility in 'lightning rod' reform News North America United States Polarizing bill approved in state budget to stop charging 16- and 17-year-olds as adults, sparing teens of criminal records: ‘I lost some years of my life back there’
April 10, 2017 Bénin: mouvements d’humeur de prisonnier à la prison civile de Natitingou News Africa Benin This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 10, 2017 France : "au feu, la pénit’ brûle" : à Fleury-Mérogis, les surveillants en colère bloquent la prison News Europe France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 10, 2017 South Africa's parole system to be revised News South Africa Acting Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Faith Muthambi on Monday announced that the department is in the process of finalising a position document for the redrafting of the country’s parole system.
April 10, 2017 United Kingdom: cuts to legal aid for prisoners ruled unlawful News United Kingdom Campaigners win court of appeal battle against 2013 limits introduced by Chris Grayling in three out of five categories
April 10, 2017 Régime pénitentiaire au Burkina Faso : l’Assemblée nationale adopte un projet de loi pour humaniser nos prisons News Africa Burkina Faso This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 9, 2017 The Uruguayan prison where inmates set up shop News South America Uruguay Every weekday morning, Cesar Campo wakes up, eats a quick breakfast and heads to work in a converted warehouse where he builds tables, chairs, bookcases and anything else that clients request.
April 8, 2017 Kyrgyzstan: female convicts face harsh future News Women Kyrgyzstan Experts say that jailing women has far-reaching societal repercussions.
April 7, 2017 Philippines edges closer to death penalty return for serious drug offences News Asia Drugs Philippines Philippine lower house lawmakers overwhelmingly approved the re-imposition of capital punishment for serious drug offences on Tuesday, clearing another hurdle in President Rodrigo Duterte’s drive to use death as a deterrent against crime.
April 6, 2017 United States: Moore v. Texas: US Supreme Court enforces constitutional prohibition against executing intellectually disabled defendants News North America Death penalty United States A recent Supreme Court judgment in the US is being hailed as a triumph by death penalty abolition advocates.
April 6, 2017 Venezuela faces prison system rife with corruption News South America Venezuela Venezuela’s prisons, which are rife with violence, weapons, drugs and criminality, have been placed under a new, tightly regulated regime, says the nation’s leftist government.
April 6, 2017 Guinée : prévue pour 50 personnes, la prison de N’Zérékoré accueille actuellement plus de 300 détenus News Africa Overcrowding Guinea This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 5, 2017 South Africa: probe into two solitary confinement suicides in Western Cape Jail News Discipline Suicide South Africa Two inmates at Helderstroom Prison in Caledon, who were held in solitary confinement, have committed suicide within three months of each other.
April 5, 2017 A propos de la prison et de la récidive News This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 5, 2017 Spain: el 'motín' de los funcionarios de prisiones News Europe Violence Spain This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.
April 4, 2017 Nigeria: 32 died in Lagos prison in 2016 News Africa Nigeria 6,047 inmates await trial in 2,500-capacity facility
April 4, 2017 United States: LGBT youth are disproportionately in jail News North America United States A disproportionate number of queer youth, particular lesbians and bisexual girls, end up in jail or prison in the United States, according to a study released today by researchers at UCLA. Worse, those youth are considerably more likely to be raped during their time in custody.
April 4, 2017 Australia: treatment of young offenders moved to Barwon prison akin to torture, former head of youth jail education says News Oceania Torture Violence Australia The former chief of Victoria’s youth jail schooling system claims the State Government misled the public over the use of Barwon adult maximum security prison to jail young offenders — who he says are being treated in a manner he equates to “torture”.
April 3, 2017 What’s going on in Turkey’s prisons? News Europe Middle East Turkey Myriad allegations of rights violations in Turkish prisons have marked the aftermath of last year’s coup attempt as thousands of suspected putschists, political dissidents and journalists landed behind bars. In December, a senior UN official said torture seemed to have been “widespread” in the days…
April 3, 2017 Inmates hurl stones in rare riot at prison in Rwandan capital News Africa Protest Violence Rwanda Inmates protesting living conditions at Gasabo prison in the Rwandan capital of Kigali hurled stones over the prison’s walls on Monday, damaging nearby houses and disrupting traffic, residents and officials said.
April 3, 2017 Les Pays-Bas cherchent une utilité à leurs prisons vides News Europe Netherlands This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.