October 2016
Central America and the Caribbean
Mexico
Sorry, this article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.
Source — El Popular
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United Kingdom
Prison and probation services in England and Wales must be overhauled to drive down re-offending rates that cost the taxpayer billions of pounds, according to a report.
Ministers were urged to push up staffing numbers and bring in legislation to establish a new rehabilitation “duty”.
Source — Telegraph
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Central America and the Caribbean
Protest
Haiti
Scores of inmates from a Haitian prison escaped Saturday after killing an officer and stealing weapons, authorities said. Judge Henry Claude Louis-Jean said others were injured in the prison break that occurred in Arcahaie, a coastal town about 50 kilometers north of Haiti’s capital.
Source — VOA
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Protest
United States
Tens of thousands of prisoners across the country withheld their labor – for which they are paid as little as 17 cents an hour – in support of inmates’ rights.
Richard Castillo has not yet been convicted of the crime – evading police in a vehicle – of which he stands accused.
Source — The Guardian
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Europe
Overcrowding
France
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Source — Le Point
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Violence
United States
A former guard and a pastor at Holman prison speak of stabbings, riots and abuse, aggravated by overcrowding and slim staff that live in fear.
People inside call it the Slaughter Pen.
The horrors of Holman penitentiary in southern Alabama – the stabbings, riots, fires, abuse – have earned it a repu…
Source — The Guardian
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Justice
United Kingdom
The government’s ambitious prison reform plans are “simply not achievable”, the former chief inspector of prisons has warned.
Giving a lecture in London, Prof Nick Hardwick said rising suicides, assaults and murders in jails were proof of the “loss of control”.
His comments come days after a prison…
Source — BBC
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Europe
Violence
Belgium
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Source — Le Soir
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Asia
Bangladesh
After a 3-day visit, team plans to take back learnings and set up similar academy at home. A team of prison officials from Bangladesh are on a visit to Academy of Prisons and Correctional Administration (APCA) here to learn about the academy and set up a similar one back home.
The nine-member team,…
Source — The Hindu
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Central America and the Caribbean
Mexico
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Source — El País
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South America
Venezuela
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Source — LCI
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South America
Violence
Brazil
A third prison riot since Sunday night in Brazil has led to a mass escape of inmates.
Fifty-five prisoners in Sao Paulo’s Franco da Rocha psychiatric ward escaped after starting a fire which burned down a wing of the prison. Despite a huge manhunt in the city’s suburb involving helicopters police w…
Source — Euronews
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South America
Violence
Brazil
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Source — Courrier International & AFP Sao Paulo
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Asia
Justice
India
An IndiaSpend analysis of available data reveals the extent of the problem: Between 2010 and 2014, 25 per cent undertrials had been jailed for more than one year. The percentage of undertrials to total prisoners has remained over 65 per cent during this period.
In 2014, seven in 10 prisoners were u…
Source — Money Life
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Africa
Niger
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Source — Le Point & AFP
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Europe
Protest
Violence
France
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Source — 20 minutes & AFP
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