October 2020
France: des kits d'hygiène féminine distribués gratuitement aux détenues de la maison d'arrêt de Nîmes
News
Women
Europe
Access to legal rights
Health
France
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French
Europe
Access to legal rights
Material conditions
Albania
For several days, the prisoners and detainees in the detention rooms in Peqin prison have started a hunger strike, in protest against alleged violations of their human rights.
Coronavirus
North America
Access to legal rights
Health
Material conditions
Rehabilitation
Work
United States
States like California, New York, and Arizona have relied on prisoners to continue working, with little pay and in precarious conditions, during the coronavirus pandemic.
Pre-trial detention
Europe
Access to legal rights
Justice
Activities
Rehabilitation
Work
United Kingdom
Lockdown conditions in prisons have effectively ended opportunities for prisoners to take part in rehabilitation activities and progress in their sentences.
For the nearly 11,000 prisoners serving indeterminate sentences (9,000 unreleased; 2,000 recalled), this could lead to them spending significa…
North America
Minors
Access to legal rights
Justice
Mental health
Material conditions
Violence
United States
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued notice on February 5, 2020 that it has found the “totality of the conditions, practices, and incidents” it discovered at Broad River Road Complex (BRRC), South Carolina’s long-term juvenile commitment facility, violated the juveniles’ Fourteenth Amendment…
Taste — 10/12
Inside Outside
North America
South America
Women
Asia
Europe
Long-term prisoners
Each month, the photographer Bertrand Gaudillère creates an image or chooses one from his archives. Prison Insider sends it to a dozen participants, prisoners around the world.They are in Argentina, in the United States of America, in France, in Switzerland, in Guatemala, in Ukraine, in Colombia, i…
Bangladesh: hay que liberar a cientos de trabajadores y trabajadoras migrantes en detención arbitraria
News
Asia
Access to legal rights
Justice
Work
Bangladesh
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish
Venezuela: el ministerio penitenciario ortogó 80 libertades con régimen de confianza en Guárico
News
South America
Access to legal rights
Justice
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Venezuela
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Argentina: por qué son cada vez más las mujeres presas por vender drogas
News
South America
Women
Justice
Drugs
Argentina
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish