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October 24, 2016

Kenyan president commutes all death sentences to life in prison

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Africa Justice Death penalty Kenya

President Uhuru Kenyatta commuted all death sentences in Kenya to life jail terms on Monday, removing 2,747 convicts from death row in a nation that has not executed anyone for about three decades. In addition to commuting the sentences of 2,655 men and 92 women, Kenyatta also signed pardon warrant…

October 24, 2016

France : réinsertion, favoriser l'accompagnement plutôt que la construction de prisons

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Europe France

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October 24, 2016

Israel and Palestinian occupied territories : four hunger strikers face deterioration in their health as they continue strike for freedom

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Middle East Health Israel

Four Palestinian prisoners continue on hunger strike to demand their freedom from administrative detention, imprisonment without charge or trial, with two strikers reaching the 30-day mark without food and facing serious deterioration to their health.

October 24, 2016

France : Villepinte, la prison où l'on confie les clés aux détenus

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Europe France

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October 24, 2016

México : privatización de cárceles agravará crisis

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America Central America and the Caribbean Mexico

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October 24, 2016

UK : prison and probation 'must be overhauled to cut re-offending that costs taxpayer billions of pounds'

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United Kingdom

Prison and probation services in England and Wales must be overhauled to drive down re-offending rates that cost the taxpayer billions of pounds, according to a report. Ministers were urged to push up staffing numbers and bring in legislation to establish a new rehabilitation “duty”.

October 24, 2016

Haïti : 174 inmates escape prison

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America Central America and the Caribbean Protest Haiti

Scores of inmates from a Haitian prison escaped Saturday after killing an officer and stealing weapons, authorities said. Judge Henry Claude Louis-Jean said others were injured in the prison break that occurred in Arcahaie, a coastal town about 50 kilometers north of Haiti’s capital.

October 23, 2016

New Zealand : Maori prison rates at record levels

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New Zealand

This week, the Government announced it’s putting 1800 new beds in New Zealand prisons at the cost of $1 billion. Over half of these will end up being filled by Māori men.

October 23, 2016

South Africa: parole backlog crisis looms

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South Africa

Human rights lawyers have threatened legal action against the Department of Correctional Services in a bid to force it to process outstanding parole applications of long-term prisoners whose rights they claim are being violated by the delays.

October 22, 2016

USA : inside America's biggest prison strike

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Protest United States

Tens of thousands of prisoners across the country withheld their labor – for which they are paid as little as 17 cents an hour – in support of inmates’ rights. Richard Castillo has not yet been convicted of the crime – evading police in a vehicle – of which he stands accused.

October 22, 2016

France : comment vit-on dans une prison surpeuplée ?

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Europe Overcrowding France

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October 21, 2016

Life in romanian prisons before the country joined the EU

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Romania

Circumstances in Romanian prisons were pretty dire before the country joined the EU. Photographer Cosmin Bumbut documented the change.

October 21, 2016

USA, Alabama : 'It's a bloodbath', as staff describe life inside America's most violent prison

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Violence United States

A former guard and a pastor at Holman prison speak of stabbings, riots and abuse, aggravated by overcrowding and slim staff that live in fear. People inside call it the Slaughter Pen. The horrors of Holman penitentiary in southern Alabama – the stabbings, riots, fires, abuse – have earned it a repu…

October 21, 2016

France : prolifération de rats en prison

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Europe France

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October 21, 2016

UK : prison reforms 'simply not achievable' amid 'loss of control'

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Justice United Kingdom

The government’s ambitious prison reform plans are “simply not achievable”, the former chief inspector of prisons has warned. Giving a lecture in London, Prof Nick Hardwick said rising suicides, assaults and murders in jails were proof of the “loss of control”. His comments come days after a prison…

October 20, 2016

Thailand : free Somyot, arbitrarily detained for 2,000 days

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Asia Thailand

[Press Release] Thai authorities must immediately and unconditionally release human rights defender Somyot Phrueksakasemsuk, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (an FIDH-OMCT partnership) reiterated today.

October 20, 2016

France : pourquoi les enfants de l’immigration sont surreprésentés en prison

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Europe France

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October 20, 2016

Belgique : 300 morts en six ans dans les prisons

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Europe Violence Belgium

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October 19, 2016

Bangladesh team visits Academy of Prisons

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Asia Bangladesh

After a 3-day visit, team plans to take back learnings and set up similar academy at home. A team of prison officials from Bangladesh are on a visit to Academy of Prisons and Correctional Administration (APCA) here to learn about the academy and set up a similar one back home. The nine-member team,…

October 19, 2016

México : vivo con mamá en prisión

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America Central America and the Caribbean Mexico

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October 18, 2016

Venezuela : actes de cannibalisme dans une prison

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America South America Venezuela

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October 18, 2016

New Zealand : governement to spend $1b boosting prison bed numbers

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New Zealand

The government is to spend $1 billion building another 1800 beds in prisons. Most of the new places will be in a new 1500-bed facility at Waikeria Prison in Waikato.

October 18, 2016

Brazil : mass breakout from Sao Paulo psychiatric prison

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America South America Violence Brazil

A third prison riot since Sunday night in Brazil has led to a mass escape of inmates. Fifty-five prisoners in Sao Paulo’s Franco da Rocha psychiatric ward escaped after starting a fire which burned down a wing of the prison. Despite a huge manhunt in the city’s suburb involving helicopters police w…

October 17, 2016

Brésil : affrontements dans une prison, au moins 25 morts

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America South America Violence Brazil

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