Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

February 27, 2018

Portugal, censurada por sus prisiones "inhumanas" y su policía violenta y xenófoba

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Torture Violence Portugal

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February 27, 2018

Belgique : le Keelbeek contre la prison

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Europe Protest Belgium

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February 27, 2018

Portugal: anti-torture committee urges to tackle police ill-treatment and the poor treatment of prisoners

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Torture Portugal

In a report on Portugal published today, the Council of Europe’s anti-torture committee urges the Portuguese authorities to take determined action to prevent police ill-treatment and to provide prisoners with safe and decent living conditions.

February 26, 2018

USA: inmates and students brought together by poetry

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United States

Michigan State University students make a weekly visit to the Richard A. Handlon Correctional Facility in Ionia to learn, write and perform poetry with prisoners.

February 25, 2018

UK: why we should teach philosophy to prisoners (Kirstine Szifris)

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United Kingdom

“I taught philosophy to prisoners, and I know it can help end the damaging macho prison culture” As with other forms of educational experience, in the classroom they could be – for a short time – philosophers as opposed to offenders or prisoners.

February 23, 2018

France : prévention de la radicalisation, un virage à 180 degrés de la doctrine pénitentiaire

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Europe Discipline Justice France

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February 23, 2018

Décès du prisonnier politique sahraoui Mohamed El Ayoubi

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Violence Western Sahara

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February 22, 2018

La ballade des dangereuses

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Belgium

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February 21, 2018

Council of Europe anti-torture Committee visits Romania

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Europe Torture

A delegation of the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out a periodic visit to Romania from 7 to 19 February 2018. It was the Committee’s eleventh visit to the country.

February 21, 2018

Covert cooking: how to bake a pie in prison

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Romania

When May Eaton was a writer in residence at a men’s jail, she found the inmates’ real creativity lay in the cakes and curries they made in their cells.

February 20, 2018

France : des associations dénoncent les comparutions immédiates

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Europe Overcrowding France

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February 20, 2018

Germany: use of Taser by the Dutch police unacceptable

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Violence Germany

Since 1 February 2017, the Dutch police have been experimenting with the use of the Taser X2 in day-to-day policing. The way they use these electro-shock weapons poses unacceptable health risks. This is evident from the report “A Failed Experiment: The Taser-Pilot of the Dutch Police” published by…

February 19, 2018

En Gambie, le président Adama Barrow annonce un moratoire sur la peine de mort

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Africa Justice Death penalty Violence Gambia

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February 19, 2018

Prise d'otages dans une prison brésilienne

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America South America Protest Brazil

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February 19, 2018

Chile: el horizonte de las penas de cárcel

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Chile

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February 18, 2018

Paraguay: los presos políticos de la tierra

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America South America Paraguay

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February 18, 2018

Plus de 1 950 Algériens détenus en France

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Africa Europe France

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February 17, 2018

France : un jeune homme part en prison trois jours après sa majorité

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Europe Justice France

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February 16, 2018

Plus d'un détenu sur cinq en France est de nationalité étrangère

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Europe

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February 15, 2018

España: la cárcel de Archidona abrirá el 26 de febrero

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Spain

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February 15, 2018

France : le travail en prison, clé de la réinsertion

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Europe France

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February 14, 2018

Serbia: (PHOTO) perros, terapeutas en las cárceles

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Europe Serbia

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February 14, 2018

France : Réforme de la justice - des magistrats critiquent la méthode Belloubet

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Europe Justice France

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February 14, 2018

(VIDEO) L’emprisonnement, une notion très différente selon les pays

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France

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