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December 26, 2017

Turquie : quatre jeunes Roubaisiens demandent leur transfert en France

News

Europe Turkey

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December 23, 2017

Afghanistan: for more than 300 children, many older than 5, home is mother’s cellblock

News

Topic Afghanistan

A survey of Afghan prisons this month by The New York Times concluded that at least 333 children are imprisoned with their mothers nationwide, according to interviews with officials at 33 of the country’s 34 provincial prisons.

December 22, 2017

France : centre de rétention administrative de Marseille - une personne retenue dans le coma

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Europe France

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December 21, 2017

France : prolongation de la détention provisoire - recours à la visioconférence et santé du détenu

News

Pre-trial detention Europe Health France

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December 21, 2017

Nepal: Christmas in prison

Testimonial

Asia Nepal

Renaud was incarcerated in Nepal during the holiday season. He tells us about the most surprising Christmas in his life, the one he spent in Kathmandu prison.

December 20, 2017

France : un surveillant de prison condamné à 4 mois avec sursis pour avoir frappé un détenu à Fresnes.

News

Europe France

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December 20, 2017

Australia: justice for sale! The real cost of going to jail

News

Oceania Australia

The Victorian Government has announced it will spend $345 million over three years on almost 500 new cells to deal with the state’s overcrowded jail system and increasing prison population. True Crime News Weekly correspondent Gary Johnston wonders whether throwing hundreds of millions of dollars i…

December 20, 2017

United States of America: prison shakedown

Testimonial

United States

“Inmates! On the floor!” 6.45am, a prison shakedown occurs. Kenneth Key, imprisoned in the USA, shares his story.

December 19, 2017

Japon : après plus de vingt ans de prison, deux condamnés à mort ont été exécutés:

News

Asia Death penalty Violence Japan

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December 19, 2017

UK: conditions at Liverpool prison the worst ever inspected, says report

News

Material conditions United Kingdom

Inspectors describe ‘squalid’ state of jail including rat and cockroach infestations and damp cells with exposed wiring.

December 19, 2017

Smoking ban cannot be enforced in jails, UK supreme court rules

News

Justice United Kingdom

Inmate loses attempt to enforce ban in prisons after court says crown premises are exempt.

December 19, 2017

France : La vie au jour le jour dans une prison surpeuplée

News

Europe Overcrowding France

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December 18, 2017

France : un jeune de 16 ans se suicide à la prison pour mineurs de Lavaur

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Europe Suicide France

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December 16, 2017

US: rethinking Rikers

News

United States

New York City is trying to radically overhaul the Rikers Island. Chicago’s Cook County Jail could serve as a model. Take a look inside both jails in 360 video.

December 15, 2017

Italy: bars on the windows, laughter between the lines

News

Topic Italy

An Italian nonprofit organizes soccer matches inside the country’s prisons in an effort to foster healthy relationships between inmates and their children.

December 14, 2017

Salvador : 30 ans de prison pour une fausse couche

News

America Central America and the Caribbean Justice El Salvador

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December 14, 2017

The impossible prison: a history of the uruguayan penitentiary reform

Investigations

America South America

— Published 1st December 2018.¶ After the candidate of the Frente Amplio party José Mujica’s presidential victory in March 2010, Uruguay started an important reform process to its penitentiary system. Seven years later, this small and peaceful country has one of the highest incarceration rates in S…

December 14, 2017

France : incendie et tentative d'évasion au centre de rétention de Vincennes

News

Europe Protest France

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December 14, 2017

Kenyian supreme court declares mandatory death penalty unconstitutional

News

Justice Kenya

The mandatory death penalty violates fundamental human rights, rules the Supreme Court of Kenya today in a historic judgment that will affect thousands of prisoners.

December 13, 2017

France : la prison de la Santé sera surpeuplée dès sa réouverture en juin

News

Europe Health Overcrowding France

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December 13, 2017

The "Impossible Prison" Rolando Arbesún

Analysis

America South America Health Torture Violence Uruguay

Prologue by Alvaro Garcé, first Parliamentary Commissioner for the Prison System

December 13, 2017

France : inciter à lire en prison - surveiller sans censurer

News

Europe France

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December 13, 2017

República Dominicana: gobierno construirá cuatro cárceles con la multa impuesta a Odebrecht

News

Dominican Republic

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December 12, 2017

España: antidisturbios en las cárceles

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Spain

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