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December 6, 2016

Belgique : prison de Verviers, une maison de peines uniquement

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Europe Belgium

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December 6, 2016

France : la détention provisoire bat de nouveaux records

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Pre-trial detention Europe Justice France

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December 5, 2016

North Korea : satellite images show prison camps accused of 'atrocities'

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North Korea

Pyongyang has denied the existence of kwanliso prison camps, where the UN says inmates have faced starvation, forced labor, torture and rape.

December 5, 2016

France : Radicalisation en prison, un campus pour former les gardiens à Fleury-Mérogis

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Europe Discipline France

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December 5, 2016

Syrie : la machine à tuer des prisons de Bachar el Assad.

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Middle East Syria

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December 5, 2016

USA : the link between race and solitary confinement

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Discipline United States

Men of color are overrepresented in isolation, while whites are typically underrepresented. Stark disparities in prisoners’ treatment are embedded into criminal-justice systems at the city, county, state, and federal levels, and have disproportionate, negative effects on men of color.

December 5, 2016

France : L’ancienne prison de Bourg-en-Bresse accueillera 30 logements

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Europe France

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December 5, 2016

France : Le procureur des Ardennes favorable à une nouvelle prison dans le département

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Europe France

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December 5, 2016

Suisse : Zurich mélange ses détenus mineurs et adultes

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Europe Switzerland

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December 5, 2016

Egypte : Les peines de prison alourdies pour lutter contre l'excision

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Africa Middle East Egypt

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December 5, 2016

Islande : les banquiers voyous ont leur prison

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Europe Iceland

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December 5, 2016

Des activistes philippins entament une grève de la faim en solidarité avec les prisonniers politiques

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Asia Philippines

In support of the campaign calling for the release of political prisoners in the Philippines, activists launched a solidarity fast — a protest that was staged in conjunction with the political prisoners themselves, and with their relatives. The fast began on December 3, 2016 and will last until Hum…

December 5, 2016

South Africa: court victory for Pollsmoor prisoners

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South Africa

“How do human beings live in a detention facility while there are rats?” asks judge.

December 4, 2016

USA : for Blacks facing parole in New York State, signs of a broken system

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United States

Jaimie Davenport and Billy Cassell had their first hearings before the New York State Board of Parole earlier this year. Both were serving a maximum of six years on a burglary conviction, Mr. Cassell for breaking into storage units, Mr. Davenport for stealing cellphones. The men are in their 30s an…

December 3, 2016

USA : Trump’s win gives stocks in private prison companies a reprieve

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United States

As terrific as Donald J. Trump has been for the stock market, he has been absolutely spectacular for a troubled niche: companies that run for-profit prisons and immigration detention centers for states and the federal government.

December 3, 2016

USA : the scourge of racial bias in New York State’s prisons

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United States

A New York Times investigation draws on nearly 60,000 disciplinary cases from state prisons and interviews with inmates to explore the system’s inequities and the ripple effect they can have. The racism can be felt from the moment black inmates enter New York’s upstate prisons. They describe being…

December 3, 2016

UK : why are prison suicides still increasing?

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Suicide United Kingdom

When Carl tried to kill himself in prison, he says he was angling for a quick escape – he thought about spending years with a rock hammer digging a tunnel, Shawshank-style, but ultimately decided that he couldn’t face the commitment. He waited for his 9AM check, and knew from six years of prison ex…

December 2, 2016

France : 17 organisations (unions and associations) send a letter to the government

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Europe France

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December 1, 2016

Luxembourg : La future prison pour mineurs de Dreiborn inquiète

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Europe Luxembourg

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December 1, 2016

France : Le livre et la prison, la contrainte, laboratoire de création littéraire

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Europe France

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November 30, 2016

Syria: the unspeakable prisons

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Middle East Syria

November 30, 2016

Raed Al Nakshbandi, Syria

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Middle East Torture Violence Syria

“I spent 45 days in an individual underground cell under drastic conditions and was subjected to other violent and humiliating interrogations.”

November 30, 2016

Hend Alkahwaji, Syria

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Women Middle East Syria

“Sometimes, I sang in my cell to break the silence, not to go mad.”

November 30, 2016

Hungarian court sentences migrant to 10 years in jail

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Hungary

A Hungarian court has sentenced a migrant to ten years in jail for participating in rioting at the country’s southern border with Serbia last year.