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April 27, 2017

Tanzania: President frees over 2,000 from prison, Courtesy Union Amnesty

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Tanzania

President John Magufuli yesterday pardoned 2,219 prisoners on the occasion of the 53rd Anniversary of the Union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar, marked at national level at the Jamhuri Stadium in the designated capital of Dodoma. Permanent Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Maj. Gen.

April 27, 2017

New Zealand's use of seclusion in prison lambasted

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New Zealand

New Zealand’s high use of seclusion and restraints in prisons and other facilities has been criticised in an international report on the practices.

April 27, 2017

Liberia: 'appalling' prison conditions unearthed

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Africa Material conditions Liberia

The Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR) has released a report on the ‘deteriorating’ conditions of prisons across the country.

April 26, 2017

Alabama inmates riot, damage jail over bad food

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Material conditions Protest United States

Seven Alabama jail inmates are facing additional charges after a riot to express their dissatisfaction with the food served at the lockup, according to AL.com.

April 26, 2017

Egypt pardons 1,118 prisoners

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Africa Middle East Egypt

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi yesterday signed a decree granting amnesty to 1,118 non- political prisoners on the anniversary of the liberation of Sinai, according to the country’s interior ministry.

April 26, 2017

Romanian Senate’s committee votes pardon for jail sentences of up to 3 years

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Justice Romania

The Romanian Senate’s legal committee yesterday approved an amendment to the pardon law that grants full pardon only to prison sentences of up to three years.

April 26, 2017

Nepal: new prison houses to be built in 17 districts

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Asia Facilities Nepal

The Department of Prison Management would replace old and earthquake-damaged prisons in 17 districts with the new ones. The construction will be undertaken in collaboration with the Department of Urban Development and Building Construction.

April 26, 2017

France : sortir de l'inflation sécuritaire

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Europe France

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

April 26, 2017

New prisons to accommodate overcrowded inmates would cost Romania more than EUR 1 billion

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Facilities Overcrowding Romania

Marius Vulpe, the director of National Penitentiaries Administration (ANP), said Romania would need to build 8 modern prisons to solve the issue of prison overcrowding, News.ro reported. The new facilities could accommodate 8,000 to 8,500 inmates and would cost EUR 140 million each, resulting in to…

April 26, 2017

Myanmar: prisoners to be allowed to join in religious activities

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Asia Religion Myanmar (Burma)

The Prisons Department will allow inmates to carry out religious activities once a month starting from the new fiscal year, said the department’s deputy director from Security Section.

April 26, 2017

United Kingdom: teen's detention breached prison rules, Liz Truss admits

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Europe United Kingdom

A 16-year-old boy held in solitary confinement for four months was a victim of procedural “failings”, Liz Truss has admitted.

April 26, 2017

Romania: Europe rights court blasts Romania prison conditions

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Europe Justice Material conditions Romania

The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday (25 April) took Romania to task for its dismal prison conditions, saying they could be considered inhumane and degrading.

April 26, 2017

Philippines: no resurrection of death penalty at the Senate

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Asia Philippines

The bill seeking to revive the death penalty is already “dead in the Senate.”

April 26, 2017

Guinée : des acteurs du milieu carcéral veulent "rendre la vie supportable" dans les prisons guinéennes

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Africa Guinea

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

April 25, 2017

United States: privately run federal prison poses safety risks for inmates, says DOJ inspector general

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America North America United States

A new report by the Department of Justice’s Inspector General says a privately-run federal prison in Kansas put the safety of its inmates in jeopardy because of understaffing, overcrowding and poor training.

April 25, 2017

United States: policy shifts reduce federal prison population

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America North America United States

A decline in the number of federal prosecutions and in the severity of sentences for drug-related crime in recent years has resulted in a significant drop in the federal prison population, according to statistics from the Judiciary, the U.S. Sentencing Commission (USSC), and the Bureau of Prisons (…

April 25, 2017

United States: Arkansas puts two inmates to death in state's first double execution since 2000

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America North America Death penalty United States

Jack Jones and Marcel Williams administered lethal injections after death penalty carried out on fellow convict Ledell Lee last week

April 25, 2017

United States: bill to eliminate death penalty in Louisiana advances past committee

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America North America Justice United States

Every day and night, former Louisiana prosecutor A.M. Stroud thinks about Glenn Ford, the man he wrongfully sent to prison for almost half of his life and who would have been executed by the state had he not been exonerated 30 years after his conviction.

April 25, 2017

India: 404 prisoners in Odisha pass the test

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Asia India

194 cleared NIOS exams, 187 completed IGNOU courses, says jail official

April 25, 2017

Tunisia parliament votes to ease harsh drug law

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Justice Drugs Tunisia

Tunisian parliament votes to ease country’s harsh drug laws aftercalls from rights groups, civil society for broader reform of ‘Law 52’.

April 25, 2017

Israeli prison allows homosexual conjugal visit for first time

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Middle East Social ties Israel

Tarlan Hankishayev, jailed for falsely incriminating suspect in a 2009 gay youth club shooting, wins long fight for rights

April 25, 2017

Bangladesh: life imprisonment means jail for rest of life

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Asia Bangladesh

The Supreme Court has published the full verdict commuting death sentences of two convicts to life imprisonment, making it clear that they will be imprisoned for the rest of their lives.

April 25, 2017

Tunisia parliament votes to ease harsh drug law

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Drugs Tunisia

Tunisian parliament votes to ease country’s harsh drug laws aftercalls from rights groups, civil society for broader reform of ‘Law 52’.

April 25, 2017

Australia: 'I always feel sad here': children tell of life inside Victoria's youth detention centres

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Oceania Australia

Young people speak of fear, boredom and injustice in a submission to a parliamentary inquiry into the state’s troubled youth justice sector