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April 11, 2017

France: furious prison guards clash with police outside infamous jail

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Europe Protest France

France 24 Police firing tear gas have clashed with prison guards protesting working conditions in a notorious prison south of Paris. The incidents Monday night at the sprawling Fleury-Merogis prison come after a few hundred workers blocked the entrance and set tires on fire to call attention to con…

April 11, 2017

Indonesia: prison population jumped by 12,000 in two months

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Asia Overcrowding Indonesia

The number of prisoners being held in Indonesia increased by 12,000 within two months this year, raising concerns about unresolved prison overcrowding problems.

April 11, 2017

France : surpopulation en prison, les derniers chiffres

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Europe Overcrowding France

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April 11, 2017

Indonesia: House to deliberate alternative forms of punishment in Criminal Code

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Asia Justice Indonesia

The House of Representatives’ working committee for the amendment of the Criminal Code (KUHP) is looking into alternative forms of punishment in addition to imprisonment.

April 11, 2017

France : prisons, la réclusion à la peine

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Europe France

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April 10, 2017

United States: New York raises age of criminal responsibility in 'lightning rod' reform

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America North America United States

Polarizing bill approved in state budget to stop charging 16- and 17-year-olds as adults, sparing teens of criminal records: ‘I lost some years of my life back there’

April 10, 2017

Bénin: mouvements d’humeur de prisonnier à la prison civile de Natitingou

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Africa Benin

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April 10, 2017

France : "au feu, la pénit’ brûle" : à Fleury-Mérogis, les surveillants en colère bloquent la prison

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Europe France

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April 10, 2017

South Africa's parole system to be revised

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South Africa

Acting Minister of Justice and Correctional Services Faith Muthambi on Monday announced that the department is in the process of finalising a position document for the redrafting of the country’s parole system.

April 10, 2017

United Kingdom: cuts to legal aid for prisoners ruled unlawful

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United Kingdom

Campaigners win court of appeal battle against 2013 limits introduced by Chris Grayling in three out of five categories

April 10, 2017

Régime pénitentiaire au Burkina Faso : l’Assemblée nationale adopte un projet de loi pour humaniser nos prisons

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Africa Burkina Faso

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April 9, 2017

The Uruguayan prison where inmates set up shop

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America South America Uruguay

Every weekday morning, Cesar Campo wakes up, eats a quick breakfast and heads to work in a converted warehouse where he builds tables, chairs, bookcases and anything else that clients request.

April 8, 2017

Kyrgyzstan: female convicts face harsh future

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Women Kyrgyzstan

Experts say that jailing women has far-reaching societal repercussions.

April 7, 2017

Philippines edges closer to death penalty return for serious drug offences

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Asia Drugs Philippines

Philippine lower house lawmakers overwhelmingly approved the re-imposition of capital punishment for serious drug offences on Tuesday, clearing another hurdle in President Rodrigo Duterte’s drive to use death as a deterrent against crime.

April 6, 2017

United States: Moore v. Texas: US Supreme Court enforces constitutional prohibition against executing intellectually disabled defendants

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America North America Death penalty United States

A recent Supreme Court judgment in the US is being hailed as a triumph by death penalty abolition advocates.

April 6, 2017

Venezuela faces prison system rife with corruption

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America South America Venezuela

Venezuela’s prisons, which are rife with violence, weapons, drugs and criminality, have been placed under a new, tightly regulated regime, says the nation’s leftist government.

April 6, 2017

Guinée : prévue pour 50 personnes, la prison de N’Zérékoré accueille actuellement plus de 300 détenus

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Africa Overcrowding Guinea

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April 5, 2017

South Africa: probe into two solitary confinement suicides in Western Cape Jail

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Discipline Suicide South Africa

Two inmates at Helderstroom Prison in Caledon, who were held in solitary confinement, have committed suicide within three months of each other.

April 5, 2017

A propos de la prison et de la récidive

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April 5, 2017

Spain: el 'motín' de los funcionarios de prisiones

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Europe Violence Spain

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April 4, 2017

Nigeria: 32 died in Lagos prison in 2016

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Africa Nigeria

6,047 inmates await trial in 2,500-capacity facility

April 4, 2017

United States: LGBT youth are disproportionately in jail

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America North America United States

A disproportionate number of queer youth, particular lesbians and bisexual girls, end up in jail or prison in the United States, according to a study released today by researchers at UCLA. Worse, those youth are considerably more likely to be raped during their time in custody.

April 4, 2017

Australia: treatment of young offenders moved to Barwon prison akin to torture, former head of youth jail education says

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Oceania Torture Violence Australia

The former chief of Victoria’s youth jail schooling system claims the State Government misled the public over the use of Barwon adult maximum security prison to jail young offenders — who he says are being treated in a manner he equates to “torture”.

April 3, 2017

What’s going on in Turkey’s prisons?

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Europe Middle East Turkey

Myriad allegations of rights violations in Turkish prisons have marked the aftermath of last year’s coup attempt as thousands of suspected putschists, political dissidents and journalists landed behind bars. In December, a senior UN official said torture seemed to have been “widespread” in the days…