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December 19, 2016

France : mobilisation des avocats contre les conditions de détention à la prison de Fresnes

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Europe Material conditions France

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December 18, 2016

Australia : new Perth women's prison opens with private operator offered cash incentives

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Women Oceania Facilities Australia

The first inmates have moved into WA’s new women’s jail, where the private operators are being offered cash incentives by the Government to ensure prisoners are rehabilitated. In an Australian first, the company Sodexo will get bonus payments for ensuring inmates at Melaleuca prison do not reoffend…

December 17, 2016

UK : around 240 prisoners moved from HMP Birmingham

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United Kingdom

Decision follows rioting by inmates – UK’s worst since 1990 – which is believed to be linked to use of synthetic cannabis. Hundreds of inmates were moved from Birmingham prison on Saturday as the government announced an urgent investigation into conditions and safety inside the privately run jail f…

December 16, 2016

USA : a prison class in African religion attracts students beyond its walls

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Religion United States

In many ways, the class that met here Tuesday night could be in any university in the United States. There were desks arranged in a circle to facilitate discussion. There were student presentations based on dense readings. And there was the faint buzzing from the fluorescent lights overhead.

December 16, 2016

Nouvelle mutinerie dans une prison anglaise

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Protest Violence United Kingdom

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December 15, 2016

USA : This is what field trips to prison are like

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United States

When an execution is scheduled at Central Prison in Raleigh, N.C., a select group of witnesses is invited to attend.

December 15, 2016

UK : Our prisons are overflowing with immature and vulnerable men

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United Kingdom

Young men don’t mature psychologically until their mid-20s. Condemning so many to the toxic environment of our jails is a recipe for reoffending and suicide.

December 15, 2016

USA : Quarter of inmates could have been spared prison without risk

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United States

Study of 1.5 million prisoners finds that drug treatment, community service, probation or fines would have served as more effective sentences for many.

December 15, 2016

Canada : un mort au cours d'une mutinerie

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America North America Protest Violence Canada

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December 15, 2016

UK : privatisation of probation service has left public at greater risk – report

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United Kingdom

Chief inspector of probation says some offenders not seen for months and some lost in the system entirely. The public have been left more at risk by the privatisation of the probation service with some offenders not seen for weeks or months and others lost in the system altogether, according to an…

December 15, 2016

USA : How to cut the prison population, save $18 billion a year and keep America safe

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United States

A new report from the Brennan Center for Justice concludes that “unnecessary incarceration” — imprisoning people for low-level offenses and keeping them there for years — is ruining hundreds of thousands of lives, wasting billions of dollars and having little effect on public safety.

December 15, 2016

France : la carte des prisons de France

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Europe France

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December 15, 2016

USA : more prisoners die of old age behind bars

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Health United States

As the number of older prisoners soars, more inmates are dying in prison of diseases that afflict the elderly, new data from the Department of Justice show. A total of 3,483 inmates died in state prisons and 444 in federal prisons in 2014, the highest numbers on record since the bureau started coun…

December 14, 2016

France : Après les inondations, la surpopulation à la prison de Saran

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Europe Overcrowding France

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December 14, 2016

Burundi : les enfants, premières victimes de la crise

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Africa Burundi

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December 14, 2016

Philippines : Prisons and rehab overcrowding

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Asia Overcrowding Philippines

As death toll rises, Philippine prisons and drug rehab centres fill to capacity as many try to avoid the same fate.

December 14, 2016

France : Devenir visiteur de prison

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Europe Social ties France

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December 14, 2016

France : Rats, promiscuité, délabrement, la miséreuse prison de Fresnes

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Europe France

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December 13, 2016

France : Prison d'Angers, le oui unanime des élus

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Europe France

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December 13, 2016

Canada : La liste des travaux à réaliser à la prison Leclerc est longue

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America North America Canada

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December 13, 2016

Turquie : Plus de cent journalistes emprisonnés

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Europe Turkey

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December 13, 2016

France : Lire pour sortir de prison

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Europe France

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December 12, 2016

Israël et territoires palestiniens occupés : Palestinian teenager sentenced to 13 years in prison

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Middle East Israel

Palestinian teenager Nurhan Awad was sentenced on Wednesday to 13-and-a-half years in prison for allegedly stabbing an Israeli man in Jerusalem last year.

December 12, 2016

USA : Welcome to Stewart Detention Center, the Black Hole of America's Immigration System

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United States

Stewart, one of the most remote immigration detention centers in the country. Stewart has become an essential moneymaker for the area. In 2012, it provided 20 percent of the county’s revenue, money generated from the roughly 1,700 beds that are filled with men waiting to find out whether they’ll be…