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Europe
Health
Suicide
France
Suicide rates in French prisons are almost double the European average.
The latest data from the Council of Europe, in a report published in December 2015, shows that the rate in France was 12.4 suicides per 10,000 inmates in 2013. The median rate across the European Union was 5.4 suicides per 10,000…
Source — Euronews
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Italy
Bollate, a prison near Milan, is unlike any other : it is a model jail that attracts visitors from all over Europe, keen to learn from its policies of rehabilitation and reinsertion into active life. It has workshops, and even stables.
But it is the only one of its kind in Italy. The national situation…
Source — Euronews
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Life imprisonment
Investigations
Long-term prisoners
IN 1981, at the height of the debate on the abolition of the death penalty in France, philosopher Michel Foucault had this warning: “The real divide between criminal justice systems is not between those that include the death penalty and the others; it is between those that allow irreversible sentences…
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Overcrowding
Romania
Romania will have to pay close to EUR 100,000 compensations to 18 convicted inmates who have served prison sentences or are currently incarcerated because of the poor detention conditions in local prisons, following a decision by the European Court of Human Rights – ECHR in Strasbourg.
Source — Romania Insider
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Africa
Cameroon
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — Camer.be
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Women
Europe
Croatia
Marina Paulenka’s The Other Home is an ode to Požega Penitentiary; Croatia’s only women’s prison. The Zagreb-based photographer discusses a project that seeks to question “the notions of freedom inside and outside supervisory institution’s architecture.”
Source — British Journal of Photography
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Health
United States
Human Right Watch (HRW) a reccueilli les témoignages d’anciens détenus précedemment incarcérés dans des prisons de la Louisiane (sud des États-Unis), sur la dangereuse absence de soins en matière de VIH.
HRW a publié à ce sujet un rapport émettant plusieurs recommandations afin de réformer ce système…
Source — News 360
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Europe
Health
Mental health
France
Detention Conditions, Lack of Treatment Increase Suffering —
Thousands of men and women with psychosocial disabilities in French prisons are at risk of suicide or harming themselves because of the neglect of their physical and mental health, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
Source — Human Right Watch
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Central America and the Caribbean
Pre-trial detention
Overcrowding
Haiti
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — Le Nouvelliste
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Africa
Health
Côte d’Ivoire
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Source — Le Monde Diplomatique
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Asia
Death penalty
Japan
Hangings took place weeks before Japan is due to host the G7 leaders summit.
Human rights campaigners have condemned Japan’s use of the death penalty after two inmates were hanged, bringing the number of executions to 16 since the prime minister, Shinzo Abe, took office in late 2012.
Source — The Guardian
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Central America and the Caribbean
Violence
Honduras
This article is not available in English. If you wish you can consult the Spanish version.
Source — Insight Crime
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South America
Venezuela
Los presos del centro penitenciario Fenix, en Venezuela, tomaron como rehenes a 18 miembros del personal penitenciario durante 4 días, para protestar contra las graves violaciones de derechos humanos que tienen que soportar. Cuatro personas fallecieron y 18 fueron heridas.
Source — s : El Impulso
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Women
Overcrowding
Tunisia
The BBC has been given rare access to an all-women prison in Tunisia, where facilities are becoming increasingly over-crowded.
Source — BBC
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Africa
Uganda
Uganda is in the process of modernizing its prison farms amid ongoing concerns over the welfare and possible exploitation of prisoners.
Andrew Kisitu, the commissioner in charge of 27 prison farms, told Anadolu Agency that the government recently provided 7.5 billion Uganda shillings ($2.2 million) worth…
Source — Anadolu Agency
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Women
Health
Violence
South Africa
International Women’s Day on March 8 turns the spotlight on the fate of women, in particular their achievements and the slow pace of progress. An often overlooked group are women prisoners.
Source — Mail & Guardian
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Africa
Madagascar
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — CICR
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Africa
Violence
Côte d’Ivoire
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Source — Les Obsevateurs
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Africa
Tunisia
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Source — Huffpost Tunisie
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