Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

February 12, 2021

Iran : huit prisonniers baloutches et arabes ahwazis sont en danger, dans un contexte de hausse inquiétante des exécutions

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Middle East Death penalty Torture Violence Religion Iran

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February 12, 2021

Salvador: inside a prison cell for gay former gang members

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Culture Central America and the Caribbean LGBTQI Drugs Violence Religion El Salvador

“It was completely unheard of“. “Because in the gangs, if there’s even the suspicion that you’re gay, you pay for it with your life.”

December 22, 2020

India: from segregation to labour, Manu’s caste law governs the prison system

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Culture Women Asia Access to legal rights Justice Religion Work India

In several states, prison manuals still dictate that labour within the prison should be assigned on the basis of caste.

November 20, 2020

Religion and prison: higher things

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Europe Access to legal rights Mental health Social ties Religion France

Managing prisons (Latin America); providing spiritual care for inmates (Europe); practical support (Africa) – the role of prison chaplains varies from country to country.

November 20, 2020

France : "ils sont surveillés de près"

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Europe Justice Violence Rehabilitation Religion France

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November 17, 2020

France: aumônerie musulmane en prison, décryptage d’un phénomène en croissance

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Europe Access to legal rights Mental health Social ties Religion France

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November 12, 2020

France: dans les prisons, le défi de la prise en charge des détenus radicalisés

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Europe Justice Rehabilitation Religion France

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September 17, 2020

France : suicides en prison

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Europe Mental health Suicide Social ties Religion France

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July 15, 2020

Pakistan: dragged to Hell

Asia Death penalty Violence Religion Pakistan

Ashraf had his death sentence converted to life imprisonment. He was held during 18 years, and his spiritual life made him hold on to life while incarcerated. This is his story.

June 10, 2020

Canada: spiritual needs of vulnerable federal inmates unmet during pandemic: chaplains

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Coronavirus North America Religion Canada

OTTAWA – Federal prison chaplains say the spiritual needs of inmates have become an unnecessary casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic at a time when offenders are feeling particularly vulnerable and alone. The Correctional Service of Canada is allowing only emergency in-person visits from chaplains to…

May 4, 2020

UK: observing Ramadan in a UK prison

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Europe Religion United Kingdom

Ex-prisoners remember difficulties when fasting as study highlights dangers of system that views Muslims with suspicion.

March 9, 2020

UK: 'our prison deradicalisation programmes aren't working'

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Europe Discipline Justice Religion United Kingdom

The British prison system currently deals with high-security terrorism convicts by sending them to dispersal prisons. These prisoners are distributed around six maximum security dispersal jails and are regularly moved from one to another. This is done to prevent them from establishing close relatio…

February 26, 2020

France: Lille, une prison dans la prison pour les détenus radicalisés

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Europe Discipline Religion France

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January 3, 2020

Lebanon: indirect processes of radicalization at Lebanon’s Roumieh

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Middle East Violence Religion Lebanon

Incarceration centers across the MENA region are known for their lawlessness and tendency to act as incubators for the reinforcement and hardening of ideologies and violent behaviors. Roumieh Prison in Lebanon is no exception.

December 20, 2019

Pāri mūriem

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Europe Minors Activities Religion Latvia

Behind the walls of the juvenile detention centre of Cēsis, the prisoners are getting bored. Jérémie Jung leads photography workshops with 10 of them but is confronted with censorship by the prison administration.

November 7, 2019

France: au coeur du nouveau quartier pour radicalisés

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Europe Discipline Facilities Religion France

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November 6, 2019

Nigeria: 259 personnes affamées libérées d'une prison islamiste (vidéo)

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Africa Religion Nigeria

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October 29, 2019

Syria: cómo es la prisión kurda donde están encerrados miles de terroristas del Estado Islámico

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Middle East Discipline Material conditions Protest Religion Syria

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October 10, 2019

France: comment l'administration scrute les surveillants radicalisés

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Europe Religion France

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September 13, 2019

China: cárceles con sistema de vigilancia para controlar a musulmanes

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Asia Religion China

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July 10, 2019

France: enquête sur la difficile gestion des radicalisés

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Europe Discipline Religion France

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March 28, 2019

USA: Supreme court stays execution of Buddhist inmate

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America North America Religion United States

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the execution of a Buddhist inmate in Texas whose request that his spiritual adviser be present in the execution chamber had been denied.

February 26, 2019

Spain: la lucha antiterrorista se reforzará con el control a retornados y en las cárceles

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Europe Justice Religion Spain

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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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