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February 20, 2017

Chad : N’Djamena, la Maison d’arrêt est engorgée

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Africa Chad

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February 20, 2017

Singapore: families of death row inmates need longer notice of execution

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Asia Death penalty Singapore

Singapore has prided itself on its reputation for being tough on crime. Under our criminal justice system, the harshest and most final punishment meted out to an individual is the death penalty.

February 19, 2017

Jamaica: plea for the unfit - proposal to transfer the mentally ill from prisons

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Mental health Jamaica

Persons held in Jamaica’s prisons who have been deemed ‘unfit to plead’ could be moved into a more fitting environment if the Government accepts the recommendations of the Mental Health and Homelessness Task Force, established by Minister of Health Dr Christopher Tufton.

February 19, 2017

France : des urnes dans les prisons ?

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Europe France

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February 19, 2017

Mexico: after drug war contracting boom, Mexican prisons stand idle

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Central America and the Caribbean Drugs Mexico

Guards at one of Mexico’s high-security prisons have to worry much more about criminals breaking in than busting out. Despite a price tag of more than 2 billion pesos ($98 million), the Papantla prison built for about 2,000 men in the eastern state of Veracruz does not have a single inmate, and onl…

February 18, 2017

Pakistan: flawed justice system: 10% of death row convicts children

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Asia Pakistan

Around 10 per cent of Pakistan’s death row convicts are feared to be juvenile offenders, who have been sentenced to death in a clear violation of the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance, 2000 (JJSO) and the international obligations.

February 18, 2017

Brazil court rules to compensate prisoner for overcrowding

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Overcrowding Brazil

The case could open up a wave of other claims, which some judges argue could financially cripple the state.

February 17, 2017

Pinar Selek : "La Turquie passe par un tunnel d'horreur"

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Europe Turkey

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February 17, 2017

France : [Décryptage] Prisons d'Outre-mer : l'enfer derrière les barreaux

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Europe France

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February 16, 2017

New Brazilian prison riots leave 26 dead

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Protest Brazil

Twenty-six inmates were killed in eruptions of violence inside two prisons in northern Brazil, officials said Sunday as they quelled the latest in a string of jail disturbances across the country in which more than 100 people died within two weeks.

February 16, 2017

Sri Lanka: report on minimizing congestion in prisons and prison reforms to be presented in parliament

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Sri Lanka

The first report of the inter-institutional task force appointed to identify judicial and legal reasons for minimizing congestion in prisons and prison reforms will be presented in parliament.

February 15, 2017

Cameroun : à la prison de Yaoundé, les chanceux dorment assis, les autres debout

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Africa Cameroon

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February 15, 2017

Thailand: behind the wall, a look at conditions in Thailand’s prisons after the coup

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Asia Justice Thailand

Thailand’s prison population has steadily increased over the years and the country has the dubious distinction of having the largest prison population and the highest incarceration rate among Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states.

February 15, 2017

New Zealand: secure unit for high-risk offenders opened

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Facilities New Zealand

Corrections Minister Louise Upston today opened a new residential facility at Christchurch Men’s Prison that will accommodate high-risk sexual or violent offenders subject to Public Protection Orders.

February 15, 2017

Pays-Bas : les prisons mettent la clé sous la porte

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Europe Netherlands

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February 15, 2017

Kenya: president directs release of petty offenders

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Africa Overcrowding Kenya

President Uhuru Kenyatta has directed Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery and the Commissioner of Prisons, Gen Isaiah Osugo, to liaise with the chief justice and fast-track the release of petty offenders to decongest prisons and reduce government spending on them.

February 15, 2017

South Australia prisons in lockdown over 'failure to address overcrowding concerns'

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Oceania Overcrowding Australia

A union has placed inmates in all South Australian prisons in lockdown over what it says is a failing by the Corrections Department to address overcrowding concerns.

February 15, 2017

Cameroun : la prison de Yaoundé, les chanceux dorment assis, les autres debout

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Africa Cameroon

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February 14, 2017

‘Graduations from Hell': a documentary on the Mexican prison system crisis

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Central America and the Caribbean Mexico

After we posed the question Why Aren’t We Talking About Mexican Prisons? in a previous post, it seemed appropriate to revisit the issue after a documentary series aired on the new open broadcast channel in Mexico, Imagen Televisión, showed once again how little media attention, if any, is paid to t…

February 14, 2017

Even in Texas, mass imprisonment is going out of style

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United States

In an era of what seems like unprecedented polarization and rancor, this idea has bipartisan support. The Koch brothers and Black Lives Matter agree. The American Civil Liberties Union and the American Conservative Union Foundation agree. Bernie Sanders and Newt Gingrich agree.

February 14, 2017

L'état des prisons britanniques

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Europe Drugs United Kingdom

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February 14, 2017

En Éthiopie, le développement rural passe par l’emprisonnement

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Africa Ethiopia

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February 14, 2017

Bénin : la réinsertion des détenus reste une chimère

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Africa Benin

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February 14, 2017

Ireland’s unequal treatment of women in the criminal justice system raised with the U.N.

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Women Ireland

Ireland is sending too many women to prison for non-violent offences, including failure to pay court-ordered fines, and the lack of provision of gender-specific alternatives to prison and the lack of open prison facilities for women may amount to discrimination under the UN Convention on Eliminatio…