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May 7, 2019

France: dans une prison de la banlieue de Lille, un nouveau quartier réservé aux détenus violents

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Europe Facilities Violence France

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April 15, 2019

Zimbabwe: call to commit all women inmates to open prison

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Africa Women Facilities Zimbabwe

THE Zimbabwe Prison Correctional Services (ZPCS) has called on government to commit all women inmates to the open prison system. ZPCS’s assistant commissioner, Christmas Tarwira said this development will greatly assist mothers incarcerated and living with their minors. “We want the government to build…

Source — Zimbabwe New

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March 19, 2019

France: une prison dans la prison pour les détenus radicalisés recruteurs

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Europe Discipline Facilities France

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March 3, 2019

UK: first transgender prison unit to open

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Europe LGBTI Facilities United Kingdom

The UK’s first prison unit for transgender inmates will open this week, the Ministry of Justice has said.

Source — BBC

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February 19, 2019

France : le défi du suivi des "radicalisés" et des "revenants" hors des prisons

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Europe Facilities Religion France

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February 15, 2019

USA: Why more prison closures may be coming to New York

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Citing a decline in crime, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday proposed closing up to three state prisons by Sept. 1.

Source — Democrat and Chronicle

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February 12, 2019

USA: Alabama will build 3 prisons for men, Ivey announces

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Facilities United States

Gov. Kay Ivey announced today that her administration will seek bids for building three regional prisons for men to replace aging, cramped facilities that the Alabama Department of Corrections has said are too costly to maintain and repair. The governor said new prisons are a necessary part of a larger…

Source — The Wichita Eagle

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December 17, 2018

Finland: on a visité une "prison ouverte"

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Europe Facilities Finland

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

Source — Usbek & Rica

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December 14, 2018

France : Paris, la prison de la Santé prépare sa réouverture

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Europe Health Facilities France

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Source — Le Parisien

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December 5, 2018

USA: could a new $444 million Kentucky prison get held up by inmates worried about bats, wetlands?

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Facilities United States

Lawyers from Pittsburgh and New Orleans, along with 21 federal convicts spread out in prisons across the United States, have filed suit against the government to stop the construction of a federal prison in Letcher County.

Source — Herald Leader

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November 6, 2018

United Kingdom: government reveals second new prison in England to be privately run

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Europe Facilities United Kingdom

Two new jails announced by the government are to be privately run, it has emerged, as the role of profit-making prisons comes under increased scrutiny after the crisis at the formerly G4S-operated HMP Birmingham.

Source — The Guardian

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November 4, 2018

United Kingdom: A la prison de Birmingham, la faillite d’une gestion privée

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Source — Le Parisien

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September 24, 2018

France: un quartier pour radicalisés dans la prison de Condé-sur-Sarthe

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Europe Discipline Facilities France

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Source — RFI

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July 15, 2018

Uruguay: avanza la construcción de un nuevo pabellón en la cárcel de Paraná

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South America Facilities Uruguay

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.

Source — Elonce

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June 27, 2018

UK: government scraps proposed women's 'community prisons' in new strategy to reduce female offending

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Women Facilities United Kingdom

Campaigners warn funding offered for community focussed plans is “wholly inadequate”.

Source — The Independant

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June 14, 2018

New Zealand: mega-prisons overseas have been absolute failures

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Facilities New Zealand

We’re being told to look at the inroads being made with some US prisons to determine how New Zealand should progress with our justice system.

Source — NewstalkZB

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May 18, 2018

France: Casabianda, centre pénitentiaire ouvert

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Europe Facilities France

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Source — France Bleu

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May 14, 2018

France : bilan un an après l’ouverture des Baumettes 2, une prison "low cost" déjà dégradée

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Europe Facilities France

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Source — OIP-section française

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May 9, 2018

Maroc : 16 nouveaux établissements pour lutter contre la surpopulation carcérale

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Africa Facilities Overcrowding Morocco

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Source — Le 360

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April 16, 2018

France : la prison ultrasécurisée d'Alençon prépare l'arrivée de détenus radicalisés

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Europe Discipline Facilities France

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Source — Paris Match

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April 9, 2018

Of Lengths and Measures

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North America Facilities United States

Stephen Tourlentes began to notice prisons, especially after dark, when they broadcast their location through the use of surveillance and lighting. He spent 17 years visiting these detention facilities after dark. Read more

April 8, 2018

New Zeland: Dutch prison system offers inspiration to New Zealand

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Justice Facilities New Zealand

New Zealand’s prison population is skyrocketing, and our jails are at breaking point. The Netherlands has the opposite problem - they’re closing down prisons because inmate numbers have plummeted.

Source — News hub

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February 6, 2018

Danemark : les prisons ouvertes danoises, un modèle à étudier ?

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Europe Facilities Denmark

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Source — France inter

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January 24, 2018

France : des "prisons pour terroristes ", une idée controversée

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Europe Facilities France

This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.

Source — La Croix

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