Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

April 9, 2020

USA: probation and parole officers are rethinking their rules as coronavirus spreads

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Social distancing is pressing officials across the country to skip traditional methods such as jailing people for “technical violations” like missing check-ins.

April 9, 2020

France: les avocats traînent la garde des Sceaux en justice

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April 9, 2020

France: pour certaines féministes, la prison n'est pas la solution contre les agressions sexuelles

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April 6, 2020

Europe: EU courts still issuing verdicts despite pandemic

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A lone judge will read out 16 verdicts in an almost empty chamber in the EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg at 9.30AM on Thursday (26 March). One senior jurist, called an advocate general, will also read out non-binding legal opinions on other cases. A second judge will read out 12 more verdicts at…

March 26, 2020

France: confinement en prison, la contrôleure générale Adeline Hazan demande des libérations anticipées

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March 26, 2020

France: la justice confrontée à un afflux de demandes de libération de détenus en raison de la crise du coronavirus

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March 12, 2020

France: reintegration is everyone’s business

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Europe Justice Overcrowding Alternatives Rehabilitation France

With more and more prisoners and a substantial recidivism rate, prison does not succeed in protecting society. Although reintegration is one of the missions of the prison administration, it is not considered to be of vital importance. Why?

March 12, 2020

Spain: justícia pondrá fin a las “zonas ciegas” en las cárceles catalanas

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March 11, 2020

Argentina: negociar en desventaja por la presión de estar detenido

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March 11, 2020

France: le Sénat veut renforcer la surveillance des djihadistes à leur sortie de prison

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March 11, 2020

El Salvador: la emergencia nacional en las cárceles

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March 9, 2020

UK: 'our prison deradicalisation programmes aren't working'

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The British prison system currently deals with high-security terrorism convicts by sending them to dispersal prisons. These prisoners are distributed around six maximum security dispersal jails and are regularly moved from one to another. This is done to prevent them from establishing close relatio…

March 5, 2020

France: assesseurs extérieurs en prison

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February 28, 2020

USA: reading comes at a cost

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Culture North America Justice Activities Alternatives Rehabilitation United States

At the age of seventeen, Chris Wilson is sentenced to life without parole. In prison, he formulates what he calls a “master plan”. The document sets his project for self-improvement and draws the way to changing his life. He serves 16 years before being freed. And reading books was a great deal.

February 27, 2020

USA: proposals to ease post-prison transitions en route to lawmakers this session

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North America Justice Rehabilitation United States

Members of a task force studying how people’s criminal records negatively impact their lives after prison have produced dozens of recommendations for mitigating this harm, including remedies for housing and employment discrimination.

February 27, 2020

USA: pretrial detainees to vote at first polling place in Cook County Jail

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North America Access to legal rights Justice United States

42 voting machines will be brought in during the first two weekends in March — marking the first time in the country a polling place will be available for pretrial detainees.

February 27, 2020

USA: bill to restore felons' voting rights dies on the floor of the Washington senate

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North America Access to legal rights Justice United States

Legislation to automatically restore the voting rights of convicted felons when they are released from prison has died unexpectedly in the Washington state Senate Wednesday.

February 27, 2020

USA: more than 60,000 Missourians on probation or parole can’t vote

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North America Access to legal rights Justice United States

When Missouri holds its presidential primaries next month, more than 63,000 residents will be barred from participating because they’ve been convicted of a felony and are serving a sentence on probation and parole.

February 26, 2020

Guatemala: el presidente Giammattei realizará cambios en las cárceles

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Central America and the Caribbean Justice Guatemala

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February 26, 2020

Morocco: deux ans et demi de prison pour avoir publié des vidéos "offensantes" sur YouTube

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February 25, 2020

France: la justice ordonne des travaux d’urgence à Nouméa, où la "situation est alarmante"

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February 19, 2020

France: le suivi des "longues peines" qui ont commis des infractions sexuelles

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February 14, 2020

Algeria: des condamnés à mort se révoltent à la prison de Lambèse

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February 12, 2020

France: the possibility of a conversation

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Europe Justice Alternatives France

In France, restorative justice is a complementary practice to the criminal punishment for an offence. Maiana Bidegain is the codirector of Meeting my aggressor, a documentary that recounts the steps she took to meet the man who raped her when she was a child. We asked her three questions.