Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

January 24, 2018

France: French prison guards in nationwide strike after attacks

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Europe Protest France

A series of attacks against prison guards by inmates at institutions across France has led to a nationwide strike in the country.

January 24, 2018

France : des "prisons pour terroristes ", une idée controversée

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Europe Facilities France

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January 23, 2018

UK: Female prison inmates subject to "excessive strip-searching" despite many being victims of sexual abuse

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Women United Kingdom

Campaigners call for policy of routine strip searching to be revised as “matter of urgency” after prison watchdog finds “disappointingly” high use of practice on women.

January 19, 2018

UK: How Liverpool prison became UK's 'worst jail'

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United Kingdom

The damning report on Liverpool prison by HM Inspectorate of Prisons, published on Friday, says conditions in the establishment are “squalid”. But this is just the latest in a series of major problems faced by the jail.

January 17, 2018

Argentina: Prisoners of Buenos Aires Province before a wall of arbitrariness

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America South America Access to legal rights Argentina

One of our correspondents, the International Prisons Observatory [“Observatorio Internacional de Prisiones,” or OIP] - Argentina section, recently addressed a letter to the Procurator of Buenos Aires Province to alert him to a series of disturbing observations made of prisons conditions in this pro…

January 17, 2018

France : Le mouvement de blocage des prisons se poursuit après deux nouvelles agressions

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Europe Violence France

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January 17, 2018

Hong Kong: Joshua Wong, Hong Kong's Most Prominent Pro-Democracy Activist, Has Been Jailed Again

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China

Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong was sentenced Wednesday to three months in prison for his role in massive protests in 2014, dealing another blow to the pro-democratic youth movement in this semi-autonomous region of China.

January 16, 2018

France : Après l’agression à la prison de Vendin-le-Vieil, les propositions de Nicole Belloubet

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Europe Violence France

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January 16, 2018

Surpopulation et violences en prison : la France emprisonne-t-elle trop ?

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Europe Overcrowding Violence France

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January 15, 2018

France : La difficile gestion des détenus dits "radicalisés"

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Europe Violence Religion France

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January 15, 2018

UK : Woman jailed for setting bed on fire 'killed herself in prison'

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United Kingdom

Inquest hears Emily Hartley, 21, who had mental health problems, had been sentenced for breaking bail conditions.

January 15, 2018

France : agression à Vendin-le-Vieil - début des opérations de "blocage" des prisons

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Europe Protest Violence France

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January 15, 2018

US: a cruel profit, exploiting the vulnerable in Charlotte

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United States

What if corporations and law enforcement officials got together and conspired on how to exploit poor people for profit. Would you be surprised?

January 15, 2018

France: les gardiens de prison sont en colère

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Europe France

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January 14, 2018

USA: Florida prisoners prepare to strike, demanding an end to unpaid labor and brutal conditions

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United States

Florida prisoners are calling for a general strike to start this week — marking the third mass action over the course of a year in protest of inhumane conditions in the state’s detention facilities. Detainees in at least eight prisons have declared their intention to stop all work on Monday — Marti…

January 13, 2018

Chili: el recorrido del Papa en la cárcel

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America South America Women Chile

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January 12, 2018

France : trois surveillants de prison agressés dans le Pas-de-Calais

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Europe Violence France

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January 12, 2018

USA: New York cancels private prison care packages program

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Facilities United States

New York corrections officials said Friday they have suspended a program that forced families and friends to send care packages to prisoners only through select private vendors, amid an uproar that the move raised costs and limited choices.

January 11, 2018

L'écran après la taule

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France

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January 10, 2018

En Syrie, dans les geôles de Daech

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Topic Middle East Syria

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January 10, 2018

Au Brésil, le drame sans fin des prisons

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America Topic South America Brazil

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January 10, 2018

USA: Alabama sheriffs filled their wallets by starving prisoners

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Violence United States

Alabama law lets sheriffs keep whatever doesn’t get spent on food from their jail food funds. Now 49 of those sheriffs are refusing to disclose how much of that money made it to detainees’ plates, and how much landed in their own pockets.

January 8, 2018

France : l’Assemblée nationale se mobilise contre la surpopulation en prison

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Europe Justice Overcrowding France

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January 8, 2018

France : l’Assemblée nationale se mobilise contre la surpopulation en prison

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Europe Justice Overcrowding France

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