January 31, 2017 Cameroun : la "vie abominable" d'un détenu de la prison centrale de Yaoundé News Africa Cameroon This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
January 31, 2017 UK: prison suicides and how to stop them News Suicide United Kingdom Once upon a time, in 2013, in England and Wales, there were 76 people known to have died by suicide in prison. This was a higher rate of such deaths than in the general population. It concerned everyone who tried to make prisons safe. We have evidence of a higher than average rate of mental disorde…
January 31, 2017 Who is really in control of Brazil’s prisons? News Brazil Prisoners in Brazil have outnumbered prison staff by the hundreds. The legitimacy of the Brazilian prison system has come in for deep scrutiny following a series of violent encounters between rival gangs in the north of the country.
January 31, 2017 Nigeria: 47,229 awaiting trial in our prisons, says Osinbajo News Africa Nigeria The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, monday lamented the delay in the country’s justice administration, which he said was the reason 47,229 detainees “are still awaiting trial in the prisons.”
January 31, 2017 United States: number of U.S. prisoners serving life sentences has quadrupled News North America Long-term prisoners United States The number of U.S. prisoners serving life sentences has more than quadrupled over the past three decades, and those eligible for parole are waiting longer to be released, according to a report released Tuesday.
January 31, 2017 Saudi Arabia: over 5,000 detained in intelligence prisons News Saudi Arabia The number of detainees in intelligence prisons all over the Kingdom has reached 5,094, the Interior Ministry announced. The ministry said 4,257 of the detainees were Saudis and the rest belonged to 40 nationalities.
January 31, 2017 United Kingdom: jails unsafe and 'full of drugs', says Chief Inspector of Prisons News Drugs United Kingdom Peter Clarke said recommendations made on the back of inspections appear to ‘fall on deaf ears’ in some instances
January 31, 2017 United Kingdom: prisons watchdog blames ‘failure of leadership’ for dire state of jails in England and Wales News Europe United Kingdom Prisons in England and Wales are struggling due to a “failure of leadership” on behalf of ministers, the watchdog said today.
January 31, 2017 Empowering prisoners In Africa through legal education News Too often it is the poorest, least educated and most vulnerable who find themselves in prison. Across Africa, there are some inmates who will never meet a lawyer. They are crammed into facilities, some operating at 300% capacity.
January 31, 2017 Cambodia: drug campaign nets 1,000 News Asia Drugs Cambodia More than 1,000 people have been arrested in the first dozen days of the government’s drug crackdown, in what critics have labelled a heavy-handed campaign that could have unintended consequences.
January 31, 2017 Exclusive: Cameroonian prisoners smuggle out footage of horrific jail conditions News Africa Cameroon The main prison in Yaoundé, Cameroon is “overpopulated, filthy and rife with corruption and abuse”, according to an inmate who contacted FRANCE 24’s The Observers from behind bars. This man secretly filmed, with the help of some of his inmates, the overcrowded cells and “revolting” conditions in wh…
January 31, 2017 Guerre antidrogue aux Philippines : possible crime contre l'humanité News Asia Drugs Philippines This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
January 30, 2017 Turkey, Hungary and Romania drive 23% rise in ECHR applications News Europe Middle East Crackdown after failed coup and prison conditions in Romania and Hungary fuel spike in human rights court applications. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s response to the attempted coup in Turkey along with poor conditions in prisons in Hungary and Romania have driven a 23% year-on-year rise in the number of a…
January 30, 2017 Ireland: life sentence prisoners served 22 years average in prison News Long-term prisoners Ireland Prisoners released in 2016 served on average four years more than those released in 2015. Life sentence prisoners released in 2016 served an average 22 years in custody, an increase of four-and-a-half years on 2015.
January 30, 2017 Courts around Australia face huge backlog of criminal cases, report finds News Oceania Justice Australia About a quarter of pending cases in NSW, Tasmania, South Australia and the ACT are taking more than a year to process, well above target of 10%
January 30, 2017 USA: time for Pa. to end its prison-industrial complex News United States One of the challenges of the Trump era in America is that we can’t forget about the important issues that aren’t swept up in the daily maelstrom of Trumpworld. On the national stage – and to a certain extent, on the local level as well – a number of important topics seem to have been pushed to the…
January 30, 2017 Australia: record NSW prison population, rising assault rate, show a system "in a crisis" News Oceania Australia The number of assaults in overcrowded NSW prisons has soared by 37 per cent in the past two years, as the prison population reaches a record high.
January 30, 2017 UK: prisoner dies after 'drug overdose' at HMP Forest Bank in Salford News Drugs United Kingdom Death at prison which was under pressure to tackle use of new psychoactive substances is 16th in England and Wales in a month. A prisoner has died after a suspected drug overdose at Forest Bank prison in Greater Manchester.
January 30, 2017 France : Thierry Lévy, l'avocat qui voulait fermer les prisons News Europe France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
January 30, 2017 Thailand separates LGBT inmates, considers segregated prison News Asia Thailand Theerayut Charoenpakdee was terrified when police stopped her outside a mall in Pattaya, a Thai resort famous for its sordid nightlife. A urine test on the spot revealed meth coursing through her veins.
January 30, 2017 Looking back on six years of leadership against solitary confinement with UN torture expert Juan Méndez News Discipline Torture Juan E. Méndez stepped down from his position as United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment on October 31, 2016, ending six years of investigating and reporting on the use of torture in the 193 UN member states.
January 30, 2017 France : la pagaille de l’application des peines de prison News Europe France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
January 29, 2017 Venezuela: The Venezuelan Prison Observatory rejets the treatment and detention of Gilber Caro News South America Venezuela This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version
January 28, 2017 UK: Inside tracks, life at the UK’s prison radio station News United Kingdom Every week, more than 75% of prisoners tune in to National Prison Radio. We meet the team at Brixton and Styal prisons and learn just how important the station is to this most captive of audiences.
