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September 18, 2018

France : la prison de Gradignan, symbole de la surpopulation carcérale [vidéo]

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Europe Overcrowding France

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September 17, 2018

RDC : Evasion à la prison de Kabare (Sud-Kivu)

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Africa Protest Congo - Kinshasa

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September 17, 2018

Australia: plea from 35 groups for action on Indigenous Australians in prison

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Oceania Australia

A coalition of more than 35 human rights, justice and community organisations have written to the Australian government pleading for action on the rising numbers of Indigenous people in prisons.

September 17, 2018

Birmanie : une quarantaine de détenus s'évadent en camion poubelle

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Asia Myanmar (Burma)

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September 16, 2018

France : des expéditions punitives à la prison de Metz-Queuleu

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Europe Violence France

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September 13, 2018

Prison Insider in 2017

Activity report

In 2017, nearly 11 million people were imprisoned around the world. Although civil society is gradually becoming aware of the inhumanity of incarceration conditions and the futility of the current prison system, it has not yet succeeded in profoundly questioning its foundations. Take a look at the…

September 12, 2018

USA: the national prison strike is over, now is the time prisoners are most in danger

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Protest United States

Over the last few weeks men and women across the United States – and even as far away as Nova Scotia, Canada – have protested to demand humane treatment for the incarcerated.

September 12, 2018

France : Nicole Belloubet annonce que son plan prison fera baisser la population carcérale de 8000 personnes

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Europe Overcrowding France

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September 12, 2018

France : pourquoi le pays n'en finit pas avec la surpopulation carcérale

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Europe Overcrowding France

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September 12, 2018

France: the government to stop sending petty criminals to prison

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Europe Overcrowding France

France’s Minister for Justice has unveiled a plan to stop overcrowding in the country’s prisons that will scrap short sentences and create 7,000 extra places for more serious offenders.

September 11, 2018

United Kingdom: how sport in prison could stop reoffending

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United Kingdom

Opinion Rosie Meek: The MoJ’s promise of money is welcome, but I propose a radical, far-reaching sport programme for the justice system.

September 11, 2018

USA: at least 650 inmates in South Carolina could be stranded when hurricane Florence hits

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United States

South Carolina officials don’t plan to move at least 650 inmates from a prison located in a county that’s under mandatory evacuation order as Category 4 Hurricane Florence approaches.

September 11, 2018

USA: hundreds of NC inmates are on the move because of Hurricane Florence

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United States

North Carolina officials say they have begun evacuating hundreds of inmates from state prisons and county jails who are in the projected path of Hurricane Florence.

September 10, 2018

Mundo: Didier Fassin – “La pregunta no es si está bien o mal castigar, sino por qué se castiga a unos y no a otros”

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Justice

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September 10, 2018

Brésil : Evasion de masse dans une prison de haute sécurité

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America South America Protest Brazil

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September 10, 2018

France : douzième suicide de l’année à la prison de Fleury-Mérogis

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Europe Health Suicide France

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September 9, 2018

United Kingdom: sexual assaults in women's prison reignite debate over transgender inmates

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Women LGBTQI United Kingdom

A leading prison reformer has said prisoners who have committed violent offences against women should not be able to transfer to women’s prisons if they have not legally changed their gender, after it emerged that a transgender inmate had sexually assaulted fellow prisoners after transferring to a…

September 7, 2018

USA: will the 2018 prison strike mean better meals for people inside?

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Health Material conditions Protest United States

At the conclusion of a nearly three-week prison strike across North America, the incarcerated and advocates have sought better conditions and better food.

September 6, 2018

Australia: female prisoner dies in Brisbane prison

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Women Oceania Australia

A 51-year-old female prisoner died at Brisbane Women’s Correctional Centre in the early hours of Thursday morning.

September 5, 2018

Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée : Bomana, la prison tropicale réinventée

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Africa Papua New Guinea

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September 5, 2018

Canada: why prisoners are participating in the US Prison Strike

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America North America Protest Canada

Much of the US prison system’s distinguishing features — massive racial disparities, the exploitation of prisoners’ labor by private firms, overcrowding, brutality, and much more — are the same in Canada.

September 5, 2018

France : les maux de la prison

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Europe France

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September 5, 2018

USA: a mega-merger in the prison phone industry is in the FCC's hands

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Social ties United States

Securus has had more than its share of negative headlines. In the past few years, the company, which provides technology services to prisons and jails, has been slammed by inmates’ families who say they’re charged outrageous prices to phone loved ones.

September 5, 2018

Belgique : chaque prison devra se doter d'un organe de concertation dès mi-septembre

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Europe Belgium

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