August 2017
Asia
Material conditions
India
A 20-member team of women MPs which visited Byculla jail last month to study the conditions inside the prison, found inhuman treatment of women prisoners.
Source — Hindustan Times
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Violence
United Kingdom
It is the powder wreaking havoc inside Teesside’s biggest prison. Spice has been blamed for Holme House Prison wardens “dropping like flies” after inhaling it. A 5.6kg smuggled spice stash - worth an estimated £200,000 - was found in cells last month, stuffed in cappuccino, Oats-so-Simple and Weeta…
Source — Gazette Live
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Europe
France
Today’s post is by Professor Martine Herzog-Evans who shares findings from a recent study into a French initiative to release prisoners on parole more efficiently in order to reduce the prison population, a subject of particular interest for the Parole Board for England and Wales in its attempt to…
Source — Russell Webster
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Europe
Social ties
France
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — LCI
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South America
Protest
Violence
Venezuela
At least 37 people were killed during clashes between armed inmates and security forces at a small prison in southern Venezuela, the state’s governor said Wednesday.
Gov. Liborio Guarulla said the bloodshed came after fighting erupted between inmates and their jailers Tuesday night in the prison in…
Source — Time
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Women
Middle East
Jordan
In a secret shelter in the Jordanian capital Amman, 52-year-old Fatima runs a hand over the scar that has shaped her life.
Source — Reuters
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Material conditions
United States
ACLU drew a line in the sand for Nebraska prisons. They’ve crossed it. Crowded prisons and a shortage of corrections officers and mental health workers have created a humanitarian crisis, ACLU of Nebraska officials say.
Source — Lincoln Journal Star
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Europe
Violence
France
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — Les Inrocks
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Long-term prisoners
United States
In 2012, the Supreme Court took a step toward righting a terrible wrong by banning mandatory life sentences without the possibility of parole for children.
Source — New York Times
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South America
Venezuela
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.
Source — Aleteia
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Central America and the Caribbean
El Salvador
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.
Source — El ciudadano
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Africa
Congo - Kinshasa
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — Radio Okapi
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