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January 24, 2017

Le travail dans les prisons doit servir à bien plus qu'à la réinsertion

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France

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January 24, 2017

Kenya: prisons are full of young and poor petty offenders, report indicates

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Africa Kenya

More than 75 per cent of prisoners are aged between 18 and 35, with a majority of them being petty offenders.

January 24, 2017

United States: white women are going to prison at a higher rate than ever before

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America North America Women United States

Mass incarceration of women was one of the important issues highlighted by the Women’s March on Washington.

January 24, 2017

Australia: prison guard hurt in 'serious' incident with inmate at Canberra jail

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Oceania Australia

Police are investigating what a union official has described as a “serious” incident at Canberra’s jail, which left at least one prison guard injured. Few details have been released about the incident, but it is believed the guard was hurt by a detainee at the Alexander Maconochie Centre on January…

January 23, 2017

Sierra Leone: a library for Pademba Road Prison

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Africa Culture Sierra Leone

Well, it has taken 7 years, but today I am happy to say that I have finally delivered on the promises I made so rashly back in 2010.

January 23, 2017

Australia: prison scandal, crackdown exposes crooked jail guards

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Oceania Australia

Almost one prison guard a week has been sacked or has quit before they were forced out as part of a crackdown on corruption and serious misconduct inside WA jails. Figures provided by the Department of Corrective Services show 25 guards lost their jobs in the first six months of this financial year…

January 23, 2017

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January 23, 2017

Le Burundi débute la libération de 2.500 détenus pour désengorger ses prisons

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Africa Burundi

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January 23, 2017

Spain: Does Barcelona needs a prison for pre-trial detainees?

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Pre-trial detention Europe Spain

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January 23, 2017

Burundi frees prisoners, but rights groups cautious

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Africa Burundi

Burundi began Monday releasing a quarter of its jail population under a mass presidential pardon, but prisoners’ rights groups voiced concern they were just making room for more political inmates.

January 22, 2017

France : à Villepinte, une journée avec la femme qui bouscule la prison

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Europe France

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January 21, 2017

Au Brésil, la guerre sanglante des gangs fait exploser les prisons

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America South America Violence Brazil

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January 21, 2017

Crisis carcelaria en Brasil: policía entra a prisión para reprimir pandillas

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Violence Brazil

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January 20, 2017

Czech Republic: Czechs to have two types of prisons

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Czechia

Only two types of prisons, with usual and maximum security, will be in the Czech Republic under the amendment to the criminal code and the law on serving the prison sentence passed by the Senate on Thursday.

January 20, 2017

France : "la plupart des détenus ne sont ni des violeurs, ni des tueurs"

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Europe France

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January 20, 2017

France : du monde aux consultations psy

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Europe Health France

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January 20, 2017

France : les détenus modèles ont la clé de leur cellule

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Europe France

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January 19, 2017

L’Observatoire marocain des prisons s’inquiète de la proportion des détenus préventifs

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Africa Morocco

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January 19, 2017

USA : Florida's deadliest prison

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United States

Three years after Dade Correctional Institution was thrust into the national spotlight for the death of an inmate locked in a boiling shower in its mental health unit, deaths at the prison have soared to unprecedented heights.

January 19, 2017

USA: le cas Chelsea Manning rappelle le calvaire des personnes trans en prison

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LGBTQI United States

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January 19, 2017

Nepal: new bill proposes open jail

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Asia Justice Nepal

A parliamentary panel is close to finalizing a bill on sentencing, which envisions an open jail system for the first time in the country.

January 18, 2017

South Africa: prison boss makes appeal to reduce overcrowding in jails

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Overcrowding South Africa

Johannesburg – Correctional Services National Commissioner Zach Modise on Wednesday appealed to government security agencies to reduce overcrowding in the country’s correctional facilities.

January 18, 2017

Australia: Mount Eden prison has highest attempted suicide rates

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Oceania Suicide Australia

An increase in inmate numbers is being given as a reason for the Mount Eden Correctional Facility having the highest rates of attempted suicides and self harm incidents in the country’s jails.

January 18, 2017

United Kingdom: Jersey prisoners granted the right to vote

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United Kingdom

Giving Jersey prisoners the right to vote is ‘the right thing to do’, according to the head of Jersey’s Probation Service.