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January 30, 2017

Australia: record NSW prison population, rising assault rate, show a system "in a crisis"

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Oceania Australia

The number of assaults in overcrowded NSW prisons has soared by 37 per cent in the past two years, as the prison population reaches a record high.

January 30, 2017

UK: prisoner dies after 'drug overdose' at HMP Forest Bank in Salford

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Drugs United Kingdom

Death at prison which was under pressure to tackle use of new psychoactive substances is 16th in England and Wales in a month. A prisoner has died after a suspected drug overdose at Forest Bank prison in Greater Manchester.

January 30, 2017

France : Thierry Lévy, l'avocat qui voulait fermer les prisons

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Europe France

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January 30, 2017

Thailand separates LGBT inmates, considers segregated prison

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Asia Thailand

Theerayut Charoenpakdee was terrified when police stopped her outside a mall in Pattaya, a Thai resort famous for its sordid nightlife. A urine test on the spot revealed meth coursing through her veins.

January 30, 2017

Looking back on six years of leadership against solitary confinement with UN torture expert Juan Méndez

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Discipline Torture

Juan E. Méndez stepped down from his position as United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment on October 31, 2016, ending six years of investigating and reporting on the use of torture in the 193 UN member states.

January 30, 2017

France : la pagaille de l’application des peines de prison

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Europe France

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January 30, 2017

Panorama: "Prison, what does it mean to you?"

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America North America South America Asia Europe Middle East

We are creating a digital mural showing how people perceive prisons around the world. We invite everyone to produce a one-minute video in reply to this question: “Prison, what does it mean to you?” How to participate Use your smartphone. Film in horizontal format Start recording and count two seco…

January 29, 2017

Venezuela: The Venezuelan Prison Observatory rejets the treatment and detention of Gilber Caro

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America South America Venezuela

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January 28, 2017

UK: Inside tracks, life at the UK’s prison radio station

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United Kingdom

Every week, more than 75% of prisoners tune in to National Prison Radio. We meet the team at Brixton and Styal prisons and learn just how important the station is to this most captive of audiences.

January 28, 2017

Inside tracks: life at the UK’s prison radio station

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Culture United Kingdom

Every week, more than 75% of prisoners tune in to National Prison Radio. We meet the team at Brixton and Styal prisons and learn just how important the station is to this most captive of audiences

January 27, 2017

Canada : job training program for inmates stuck in the past, says prison watchdog

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America North America Canada

Teaching inmates to build office chairs and sew isn’t preparing those incarcerated in federal institutions for the modern job market, says Canada’s prison watchdog.

January 27, 2017

USA: why we exclude prisoners from the unemployment rate

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United States

It gives an incomplete picture of the economy, but it’s tradition. rlier this week, in response to the presidential press secretary’s fumbling of what seemed like a straightforward question, we investigated how various unemployment rates are defined and calculated. Economists wring their hands over…

January 27, 2017

European commission criticises Romania over prisoner pardon plan

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Europe Overcrowding Romania

Move to free thousands of criminals could hinder fight against corruption and undermine rule of law, officials warn

January 27, 2017

Haïti : le RNDDH dénombre, en 1 an, 71 morts au pénitencier national

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America Central America and the Caribbean Health Violence Haiti

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January 26, 2017

UK : prison suicides in England and Wales reach record high

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Suicide United Kingdom

Ministry of Justice figures show 119 inmates killed themselves last year, and assaults and self-harm also rose. A record 119 people killed themselves in prisons in England and Wales in 2016 – an increase of 29 (32%) on the previous year, according to Ministry of Justice figures. The record number o…

January 26, 2017

France : il volait et violentait les détenus, prison ferme pour un officier pénitentiaire

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Europe Violence France

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January 26, 2017

Over 201,000 inmates in Turkish prisons

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Turkey

There are over 201,000 convicts and people under arrest in Turkish prisons, according to figures released by the Justice Ministry.

January 26, 2017

UK: Dartmoor Prison, an insider's story

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United Kingdom

The prison system is in crisis, with riots, drug abuse and record levels of suicide. But what is life really like for the 85,000 prisoners in our jails? Jessica Berens was writer-in-residence at HMP Dartmoor for three years and has the inside story.

January 26, 2017

United Kingdom: record number of prison inmates killed themselves in England and Wales in 2016

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United Kingdom

A record number of people killed themselves in prisons in England and Wales in 2016, official figures show.

January 25, 2017

United States: following the money of mass incarceration

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America North America United States

The cost of imprisonment — including who benefits and who pays — is a major part of the national discussion around criminal justice policy. But prisons and jails are just one piece of the criminal justice system and the amount of media and policy attention that the various players get is not necess…

January 25, 2017

United Kingdom: Minister of Justice launches inquiry after record number of prison suicides in 2016

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Suicide United Kingdom

Review to look into mental health history of fatalities in England and Wales as number of self-inflicted deaths rises to 113

January 25, 2017

Kuwait hangs seven prisoners, including royal family member

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Middle East Kuwait

Kuwait has hanged seven prisoners, including a member of the royal family and a woman convicted of killing more than 40 people, the first death sentences carried out in several years in the oil-rich emirate.

January 25, 2017

Elderly inmate's death highlights lack of aging strategy in Canada's prisons

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America North America Canada

“If people are sufficiently senile that they can’t remember the nature of their crime, what’s the point?”

January 24, 2017

Britain’s prison suicide crisis: ‘There’s no political will. Dead prisoners do not win votes’

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Health Suicide United Kingdom

Almost 10 prisoners a month kill themselves in UK jails, with much of the blame placed on neglect and costcutting. That is what led to the death of Dean Saunders, according to his family – and a jury has agreed.