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January 6, 2017

Côte d’Ivoire : MACA – La plus grande prison d’Abidjan interdite d’accès

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Africa Côte d’Ivoire

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January 6, 2017

Jamaica: justice centers to be established

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Jamaica

Justice Minister Delroy Chuck is moving to have justice centres established in each parish to provide training for justices of the peace (JPs) in the areas of restorative justice, mediation and child diversion.

January 6, 2017

Hong Kong : ‘Mass indiscipline’ at Stanley Prison as 138 inmates stage hunger strike

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Discipline China

Elite anti-riot guards called in to deal with protest in dining hall. Heavily armed anti-riot prison guards ended a hunger strike attempt by more than 130 inmates at one of Hong Kong’s highest security prisons as they occupied a dining hall to protest disciplinary actions against three fellow priso…

January 6, 2017

Chine : Enfermé vingt-trois jours dans une prison secrète, il livre un récit glaçant

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Asia China

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January 6, 2017

Brésil : le massacre dans la prison de Manaus, une "tragédie annoncée"

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America South America Brazil

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January 5, 2017

Ethiopia: Oromia pardons 10,000 inmates

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Africa Ethiopia

Oromia State granted amnesty to 10,000 inmates who fulfilled requirement and regretted their wrongdoings.

January 5, 2017

UK : Thorn Cross open prison praised by inspectors

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Facilities United Kingdom

An open prison in Cheshire is well-led, with very good outcomes for prisoners and few violent incidents, according to Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons, Peter Clarke. HMP and YOI Thorn Cross in Warrington, which houses about 380 inmates, was inspected in October last year.

January 5, 2017

France : "je vais mettre 160 millions d'euros pour la rénovation", assure Urvoas

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Europe France

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January 5, 2017

Punir est devenu une obsession contemporaine : entretien avec Didier Fassin

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January 4, 2017

Honduras : Inside the world’s toughest prison

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America Central America and the Caribbean Honduras

Paul Connolly writes about his experience in the rat-infested hell-hole Honduran jail.

January 4, 2017

Trump’s Guantanamo tweet was uninformed and ill-advised

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United States

US president-elect Donald Trump’s tweet yesterday that everyone held at Guantanamo Bay is “extremely dangerous” is ill-informed. What’s worse, his proposed course of action – stopping all releases – shows a lack of understanding about the danger keeping Guantanamo open poses to US National Security…

January 4, 2017

Cuba : Barack Obama envisage de nouveaux transferts des détenus de Guantanamo

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America Central America and the Caribbean Cuba

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January 4, 2017

Mujeres mexicanas en prisión sufren abandono y discriminación

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America Central America and the Caribbean Mexico

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January 4, 2017

Burundi: la plus ancienne ligue des droits de l'homme "définitivement radiée"

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Africa Burundi

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January 4, 2017

More than 150 inmates escape in Philippine prison break

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Asia Philippines

More than 150 inmates have escaped from a south Philippines prison after gunmen launched an attack. The authorities suspect the gunmen are linked to Islamist separatist groups. Around 100 armed men stormed the jail and engaged in a shoot-out with guards, as prisoners fled in the chaos. A guard and…

January 4, 2017

Netherlands: electronic tagging more popular: orders double in five years

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Netherlands

Electronic tagging is being increasingly used as a punishment in the Netherlands, particular for people convicted of robbery and drugs-related crime.

January 4, 2017

United Kingdom: Northern Ireland prison system fatalities double in a year

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United Kingdom

The number of deaths in the prison system has doubled in the past year.

January 3, 2017

Wales : Christmas Day 'incident' at Cardiff prison

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United Kingdom

Officers at Cardiff prison had to resolve a Christmas Day disturbance, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed.

January 3, 2017

Espania : Interno, el restaurante de las reclusas de San Diego

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Spain

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January 3, 2017

China : A human rights activist, a secret prison and a tale from Xi Jinping's new China

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Asia China

Peter Dahlin spent 23 days in a ‘black prison’ in Beijing, where he says he was deprived of sleep and questioned with a ‘communication enhancement’ machine. Here he tells the story of his incarceration and expulsion from the People’s Republic

January 3, 2017

France : Transfert des détenus : autopsie d’une réforme mal menée

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Europe France

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January 3, 2017

Gang Fight in Brazil Prison Leaves Scores Dead

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America South America Violence Brazil

bout 60 inmates were killed in a prison riot sparked by a fight between rival drug gangs in the Brazilian city of Manaus, local authorities said. The uprising began Sunday afternoon at the Anísio Jobim prison complex and lasted more than 17 hours. Two prison-based gangs have been battling over cont…

January 3, 2017

USA: Trump says no more detainees should be released from Guantanamo Bay prison

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United States

President-elect Donald Trump called Tuesday for the end of all detainee releases from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, saying in a tweet that those who remain are “extremely dangerous people” who “should not be allowed back onto the battlefield.”

January 3, 2017

Tunisian prisons are overpopulated, justice minister says

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Overcrowding Tunisia

Tunisian Justice Minister Monday sounded the alarm over the “catastrophic” conditions of inmates in the country’s prisons.