March 3, 2017 United Kingdom: une prison 4 étoiles pour 2 100 détenus britanniques News Europe United Kingdom This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
March 3, 2017 More minors being imprisoned in Denmark News Denmark Children’s rights advocates disappointed with the findings
March 3, 2017 Is brutal treatment of young offenders fuelling crime rates in Brazil? News Brazil Detaining juveniles in overcrowded conditions, where there is little scope for learning or rehabilitation, may be contributing to violence in Brazilian society
March 2, 2017 New Zealand: government announces plans to beef up prisons inspection regime News New Zealand Corrections Minister Louise Upston says the changes to the prison inspection regime will give the public greater assurances about the safety of the system.
March 2, 2017 Hungary uses prisoners to build massive border fence to block migrants News Hungary Hungary has used prison inmates to build a second line of fencing along its southern border with Serbia in another move to block immigration into the country.
March 2, 2017 Naked prisoners in Philippine jail cause uproar News Asia Philippines Photos showing hundreds of prisoners in a Philippine jail sitting naked while being searched for contraband have triggered accusations of further rights abuses in President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly war on drugs.
March 1, 2017 New Zealand: chief Ombudsman slams excessive use of prisoner restraint News New Zealand The Chief Ombudsman has condemned prisons’ excessive use of restraints and tie-down beds.
March 1, 2017 United Kingdom: prisoners with serious mental health problems face urgent treatment delays News Health Mental health United Kingdom Almost 75% of prisoners are facing delays in being transferred to NHS hospitals to receive urgent treatment for serious mental health problems.
March 1, 2017 OAS questions Brazil Ministry of Justice about prison violence News Violence Brazil For the international organization, Brazil has a “inescapable legal duty to take concrete steps to guarantee inmates’ rights to life and physical integrity”.
February 28, 2017 Indigenous interpreter shortage "adding to high incarceration rates" for Aboriginal people News Australia Some Aboriginal people are being kept in custody for longer than required because of a lack of interpreters in South Australia, lawyers representing Indigenous people claim.
February 28, 2017 Jamaica: correctional officers, recruits to be polygraphed in prison corruption clampdown News Jamaica The National Security Ministry has announced that all correctional officers and recruits are to be polygraphed as part of new measures aimed at cutting the smuggling of cell phones and other contraband into correctional facilities.
February 28, 2017 Thailand : Thai prisons violate human rights, report says. News Asia Thailand Prison conditions contravene UN treaties barring torture and stipulating minimum prisoner rights, group says. Thailand’s prisons fail to meet international standards with inmates routinely shackled, beaten, and stuffed into overcrowded cells, an international human rights group said. Thailand also…
February 28, 2017 Thailand: report calls for urgent prison reforms News Asia Thailand Paris, Bangkok - Thailand’s ongoing failure to enact comprehensive prison reforms has created conditions for human rights violations to be rife in its prison system, FIDH and UCL said in a new report published today. The report, titled “Behind the walls – A look at prison conditions in Thailand aft…
February 28, 2017 On the verge of a big change in penal system reform in Azerbaijan News Justice Azerbaijan Probation Service will be created in Azerbaijan by the Order of the President Ilham Aliyev, to improve the penal sphere, the humanization of punishment and expanding the use of alternative measures without isolation from society.
February 28, 2017 Thaïland: rights group says Thai prisons fall short of world standards News Asia Thailand Thailand’s prisons fail to meet international standards, with inmates routinely shackled, stuffed into overcrowded cells and forced to work in harsh conditions, an international human rights group said Tuesday.
February 28, 2017 Colombia’s prison crisis escalating as Ombudsman calls for closures News Colombia Colombia’s Ombudsman on Monday called for the closure of some of the nation’s prisons due to extreme overcrowding and a chronic humanitarian crisis that is unfolding, reported El Pais newspaper.
February 27, 2017 Colombia : Cancillería confirma ejecución de colombiano en China News South America Colombia This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.
February 27, 2017 France : comment fonctionne le quartier d'évaluation de la radicalisation ? News Europe Justice Facilities France This article is not available in English. If you wish you can consult the French version.
February 27, 2017 USA: private prison deprived inmates of heat and hot water for months, lawmaker finds News Material conditions United States The 284 women housed in C-dorm at Gadsden Correctional Institution in Quincy lived for months without hot water or heat, faced flooded bathrooms daily and endured water rations when the septic tanks were jammed with food waste.
February 27, 2017 Belgium: évasion à la prison belge de Lantin, le détenu a été aidé par trois complices News Europe Protest Belgium This article is not available in English. If you wish you can consult the French version.
February 27, 2017 Grande-Bretagne : une prison privatisée confiée à Sodexo fait scandale News United Kingdom This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
February 27, 2017 Canada: family doctors push to ban solitary confinement in prisons News North America Discipline Canada Canada’s family doctors are calling for an all-out ban on the use of solitary confinement in Canadian prisons.
February 27, 2017 Spectaculaire évasion dans une prison belge News Protest Belgium This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
February 27, 2017 Australia: lift game on violence to women News Women Oceania Violence Australia Women locked up for unpaid fines and red tape stopping others from escaping domestic violence were among issues that left a United Nations expert unimpressed during an inaugural visit to Australia.
