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October 18, 2018

France: où seront créées les 15.000 places de prison supplémentaires ?

News

Europe France

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October 18, 2018

USA: the isolation of being deaf in prison

News

United States

“I didn’t have a way to communicate. And they basically just flipped me the bird.”

October 18, 2018

Syria: les rescapés de l'enfer [audio & video]

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Middle East Syria

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the french version. But you may watch a video about the same subject with english subtitles

October 16, 2018

France: quelles alternatives à la prison pour les condamnés ? [vidéo]

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Europe France

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October 16, 2018

Canada : feds aim to replace solitary confinement in prisons with ‘structured intervention units’

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America North America Discipline Canada

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale has tabled a new bill in the House of Commons aimed at ridding Canadian prisons of solitary confinement. Bill C-83 suggests designating “a penitentiary or an area in a penitentiary as a structured intervention unit for the confinement of inmates who cannot be ma…

October 16, 2018

Australia: Canberra prison close to capacity

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Oceania Overcrowding Australia

Canberra prison is bursting at the seams, as a spike in male inmates stretches the jail’s population to record levels. A total of 507 prisoners were locked up at Alexander Maconochie Centre on June 19 and 25 this year, four inmates shy of capacity. The jail had an average daily population of 474 de…

October 16, 2018

Bolivie : proyecto de trato diferenciado beneficiará a más de 1.500 mujeres en cárceles

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America South America Bolivia

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October 15, 2018

France : le centre éducatif fermé pour mineurs, une alternative imparfaite à la prison

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Europe France

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October 15, 2018

USA: 'We are going to die from sadness'

News

United States

A rare look inside an immigration prison reveals the suffering of indefinitely detained families: poor schooling, little sleep, and no idea when they will get out

October 15, 2018

France : "les fouilles inopinées en prison sont-elles interdites par l'Union européenne, comme le dit Marine Le Pen ?"

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Europe France

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October 15, 2018

France : au 3e étage, un quartier apaisé

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Europe France

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October 15, 2018

USA: Florida evacuates 4,000 inmates from prisons damaged by hurricane Michael

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United States

Not even a week has passed since Hurricane Michael made landfall in the Florida Panhandle as a Category 4 storm, obliterating much of the infrastructure in its path. Despite the fair warning before impact, the state Department of Corrections failed to evacuate most of its prison facilities. Now tha…

October 15, 2018

France : la musique en prison racontée en bande-dessinée

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Europe France

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October 14, 2018

Argentine : sensaciones de un fotógrafo en una cárcel en construcción

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America South America Argentina

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October 12, 2018

France : comment la prison a rendu fou un jeune pirate somalien

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Europe France

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October 11, 2018

Malaysia says it will end death penalty for all crimes

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Malaysia

Malaysia’s new government said it will abolish the death penalty for all crimes and halt all pending executions, a rare move against capital punishment in Asia that human rights groups hailed Thursday as a major advance.

October 11, 2018

USA: capital punishment has officially ended in Washington state

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United States

Washington state just abolished capital punishment. On Thursday morning, the state’s Supreme Court ruled that the state’s death penalty is unconstitutional because it’s racially biased and arbitrary applied.

October 10, 2018

Cameroun : "nous avons des condamnés dans le couloir de la mort depuis plus de 36 ans"

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Africa Death penalty Violence Cameroon

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October 10, 2018

Argentine : en 12 años, las cárceles sumaron 36 mil nuevos presos, casi el 40% cayó por robo

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America South America Argentina

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October 10, 2018

Croatie: end confinement of people with disabilities

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Europe Discipline Croatia

Croatia’s government should end the confinement of children and adults in institutions, five disabled people’s and human rights organizations said today in a letter to Prime Minister Andrej Plenković. Despite some initial progress, the process of moving people out of institutions and into community…

October 9, 2018

Japan: frozen time, frozen days

Testimonial

Asia Japan

Geoffrey is currently incarcerated in Osaka prison. He tells, for Prison Insider, what a day looks like. But not any day: weekends and holidays, when time seems to stop.

October 9, 2018

France: un logement plutôt que la prison

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Europe France

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October 9, 2018

Spain: los funcionarios de la cárcel de Logroño se unen a la huelga general

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Europe Spain

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October 9, 2018

USA: more women are behind bars now. One prison wants to change that.

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Women United States

Despite their names, state “departments of correction” in the United States aren’t known for correcting much. More than seven of every 10 prisoners, according to some studies, are arrested again less than four years after they are released.