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July 6, 2016

Burundi : La prison de Ngozi travaille à améliorer l’hygiène

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Africa Material conditions Burundi

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July 6, 2016

USA : when prisons are toxic to both humanity and the environment

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Protest United States

Activists are taking aim at mass incarceration, environmental pollution and the toxic prisons where the two problems meet. Nestled in the hills of Letcher County, Kentucky, the Lilley Cornett Woods are a sea of biodiversity. The 554 acres are home to over 530 species of flowering plants and the end…

July 6, 2016

Netherlands : Dutch prison population falls 27% to 11,000 in five years

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Netherlands

The number of people in prison in the Netherlands fell by 27% between 2011 and 2015 to just over 11,000, according to new figures from the justice ministry’s prison department.

July 6, 2016

France : un rapport critique le regroupement des islamistes en prison

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Europe Religion France

Mises en place après les attentats de janvier 2015 pour lutter contre le prosélytisme, les unités dédiées aux détenus islamistes sont désormais pointées du doigt. Dans un rapport publié mercredi, la contrôleur général des lieux de privation de liberté (CGLPL), Adeline Hazan, dresse un bilan critiqu…

July 6, 2016

France : la prise en charge de la radicalisation en prison avance à tâtons

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Europe Justice Facilities France

L’administration pénitentiaire avait lancé une réflexion sur la “déradicalisation” avant les attentats de Charlie Hebdo et de l’Hyper Cacher en janvier 2015. Elle a, depuis, obtenu des moyens très importants. Pour évaluer ces politiques de prévention de la radicalisation et les budgets qui y sont c…

July 5, 2016

Guinea: new criminal code drops death penalty but fails to tackle impunity and keeps repressive provisions

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Africa Guinea

Guinea’s National Assembly vote in favor of a new criminal code abolishing the death penalty is a significant step for human rights in the country, but the code contains provisions which will strengthen the impunity enjoyed by security personnel and repress the expression of dissent, Amnesty Intern…

July 4, 2016

France : la maison d'arrêt d'Osny bloquée par les surveillants

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Europe Protest Overcrowding France

Une vingtaine de personnels pénitentiaires a bloqué lundi la maison d’arrêt d’Osny dans le Val-d’Oise, pour protester contre la surpopulation carcérale.

July 1, 2016

Uganda : judiciary moves to end prison congestion

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Africa Uganda

To decongest East Africa’s most congested prisons in Uganda; the judiciary has sought and secured Shs 4bn. According to deputy Chief Justice Steven Kavuma, the money will help the cash-strapped judiciary run the limping criminal court sessions and reduce on the case backlog. “Each quarter, the judi…

June 29, 2016

France : des nouvelles dates pour le spectacle "Une longue peine"

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Culture Europe Long-term prisoners France

Le metteur en scène Didier Ruiz invite à la réflexion sur la condition carcérale et sur le temps infini des longues peines dans le spectacle “Une longue peine”. La parole revient à des ex-détenus. De nouvelles dates viennent d’être annoncées.

June 29, 2016

France : le centre pénitentiaire de Toulon-La Farlède bloqué par les surveillants

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Europe Overcrowding France

La prison de La Farlède a été paralysée ce mercredi matin par un mouvement de colère des agents pénitentiaires. À l’appel de trois syndicats, Ufap, FO et CFDT, plusieurs dizaines de surveillants ont tenu une barricade qui bloquait l’accès au centre pénitentiaire. Les manifestants dénoncent une surp…

June 28, 2016

Mexico : torture and sexual abuses on women detainees

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America Torture Violence Mexico

Amnesty International has published a chilling dispatch dated 28 June 2016. One hundred female detainees, interrogated by the NGO, have reported being subjected to torture, sexual abuse or other acts of aggression by police officers eager to obtain confessions in order to inflate the numbers of the…

June 26, 2016

Afrique du Sud : un strip-tease en prison fait le tour de la toile

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South Africa

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June 22, 2016

Madagascar : maison de force de Tsiafahy. Surpopulation carcérale et sous effectif des agents pénitentiaires

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Africa Overcrowding Madagascar

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June 22, 2016

A Madagascar, les excréments des détenus recyclés en combustible

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Africa Madagascar

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June 21, 2016

Burkina Faso : "si on avait baissé les bras, nos prisons seraient presque vides"

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Africa Burkina Faso

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June 20, 2016

Greenland : first prison is taking shape

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Greenland

In all, there are 26 Greenlanders serving indefinite sentences in Herstedvester. Another nine are in lower-security Greenlandic jails. In 2018, most of them will be transferred to Nuuk when construction of the country’s first prison is complete.

June 17, 2016

Uganda: do remand homes rehabilitate children?

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Africa Uganda

Children aged 12 - 18, who find themselves on the wrong side of the law, committing crimes that require more than just a caution, are detained in one of six remand homes gazetted for that purpose. If awaiting trial, the offending children are placed in Fort Portal, Gulu, Mbale, Masindi, Arua, or Na…

June 17, 2016

Argentina : el lado más oscuro de las cárceles

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America South America Argentina

La Nación accedió en exclusiva a las imágenes de los relevamientos realizados por la Procuraduría de Violencia Institucional (Procuvin) en diferentes prisiones; cuáles fueron las principales violaciones a los Derechos Humanos detectadas

June 15, 2016

USA : federal officials ignored years of internal warnings about deaths at private prisons

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Health United States

In February, The Nation reported that at least 38 men died in the BOP’s privately run prisons from 1998 to 2014 in the wake of inadequate medical care. An examination of thousands of pages of previously unreleased files revealed that gravely ill prisoners had been left untreated, or relegated to th…

June 12, 2016

New Zealand : ACC defends investing with Serco

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New Zealand

The Accident Compensation Corporation is defending its decision to form a joint venture with Serco to build and run Wiri prison, despite the British-based company being on a list of banned investments.

June 10, 2016

Hungary: Budapest detention facility "unsuitable for human habitation"

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Hungary

Hungarian prisons have never met European standards, but a recent OPCAT study conducted by the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights found that conditions of incarceration in Hungary are even worse than thought.

June 8, 2016

Au Burundi, des enfants emprisonnés pour des gribouillages

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Africa Burundi

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June 8, 2016

Chile: informe del subcomité para la prevención de la tortura y otros tratos o pena crueles, inhumanos o degradantes

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Torture Chile

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June 7, 2016

What I learned from my time in Canadian prison

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Canada

You’re not a free man just because you are out of jail.