Foreign prisoners
Cuba: Humiliation non-stop
Testimonial
Central America and the Caribbean
Foreign prisoners
Access to legal rights
Justice
Health
Material conditions
Torture
Cuba
Jacques was arrested in February 2017 by the Cuban criminal justice system and was immediately incarcerated in a state owned highly secured prison, held incommunicado for 48 days. Her daughter became fatherless overnight.
He was transferred to France in September 2019. He narrates to Prison Insider…
France: Inequality of life during an epidemic
Analysis
Opinion
Coronavirus
Women
Europe
Minors
Foreign prisoners
Health
Overcrowding
France
Those imprisoned or detained are in forced confinement, states Didier Fassin. He has published a forum on the Liberation website. He questions whether the “sense of responsibility and solidarity” advocated by Emmanuel Macron stops at the doors of prisons and overcrowded detention centres.
Swiss: proportion la plus faible d'étrangers en prison depuis 15 ans
News
Women
Europe
Foreign prisoners
Switzerland
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French
Coronavirus
North America
Minors
Foreign prisoners
Health
United States
The Prison Policy Initiative’s new “Whole Pie” report reveals what’s at stake if prisons and jails do not take immediate steps to decarcerate.
North America
Foreign prisoners
United States
How ICE and probation and parole detainers (or “holds”) contribute to unnecessary jailing
Sweden: cárceles saturadas
News
Europe
Foreign prisoners
Overcrowding
Sweden
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish
Syria: dans une prison avec les jihadistes
News
Middle East
Foreign prisoners
Health
Overcrowding
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French
Women
Asia
Foreign prisoners
Health
Overcrowding
India
The 2018 statistics on prison must spur the criminal justice system to assess, evaluate and take affirmative steps.
“Parodies of justice” in Iraq
Interview
Middle East
Foreign prisoners
Justice
Death penalty
Torture
Violence
Iraq
The Iraqi justice system has some flaws – quick trials, non-existent legal assistance and judgements based on confessions rather than the evidence. Yet several countries have declined to repatriate their citizens who are accused of terrorism, putting them at risk of torture or the death penalty.
North America
Foreign prisoners
Justice
United States
Jamaican citizens account for more than half the total number of Caribbean citizens now incarcerated in United States (US) prisons.
Italy: challenges ahead
Report
Pre-trial detention
Europe
Foreign prisoners
Health
Overcrowding
Activities
Italy
The opportunity of a reform approval is now lost. Read Antigone’s full report.