Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

March 12, 2020

France: reintegration is everyone’s business

Analysis Interview

Europe Justice Overcrowding Alternatives Rehabilitation France

With more and more prisoners and a substantial recidivism rate, prison does not succeed in protecting society. Although reintegration is one of the missions of the prison administration, it is not considered to be of vital importance. Why?

March 12, 2020

Spain: justícia pondrá fin a las “zonas ciegas” en las cárceles catalanas

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Europe Justice Spain

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March 11, 2020

Argentina: negociar en desventaja por la presión de estar detenido

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America Pre-trial detention South America Justice Argentina

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March 11, 2020

France: le Sénat veut renforcer la surveillance des djihadistes à leur sortie de prison

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Europe Justice France

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March 11, 2020

El Salvador: la emergencia nacional en las cárceles

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America Central America and the Caribbean Access to legal rights Justice Violence El Salvador

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March 9, 2020

UK: 'our prison deradicalisation programmes aren't working'

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Europe Discipline Justice Religion United Kingdom

The British prison system currently deals with high-security terrorism convicts by sending them to dispersal prisons. These prisoners are distributed around six maximum security dispersal jails and are regularly moved from one to another. This is done to prevent them from establishing close relatio…

March 5, 2020

France: assesseurs extérieurs en prison

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Europe Justice France

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February 28, 2020

USA: reading comes at a cost

Insights Opinion

Culture North America Justice Activities Alternatives Rehabilitation United States

At the age of seventeen, Chris Wilson is sentenced to life without parole. In prison, he formulates what he calls a “master plan”. The document sets his project for self-improvement and draws the way to changing his life. He serves 16 years before being freed. And reading books was a great deal.

February 27, 2020

USA: proposals to ease post-prison transitions en route to lawmakers this session

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America North America Justice Rehabilitation United States

Members of a task force studying how people’s criminal records negatively impact their lives after prison have produced dozens of recommendations for mitigating this harm, including remedies for housing and employment discrimination.

February 27, 2020

USA: pretrial detainees to vote at first polling place in Cook County Jail

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America North America Access to legal rights Justice United States

42 voting machines will be brought in during the first two weekends in March — marking the first time in the country a polling place will be available for pretrial detainees.

February 27, 2020

USA: bill to restore felons' voting rights dies on the floor of the Washington senate

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America North America Access to legal rights Justice United States

Legislation to automatically restore the voting rights of convicted felons when they are released from prison has died unexpectedly in the Washington state Senate Wednesday.

February 27, 2020

USA: more than 60,000 Missourians on probation or parole can’t vote

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America North America Access to legal rights Justice United States

When Missouri holds its presidential primaries next month, more than 63,000 residents will be barred from participating because they’ve been convicted of a felony and are serving a sentence on probation and parole.

February 26, 2020

Guatemala: el presidente Giammattei realizará cambios en las cárceles

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America Central America and the Caribbean Justice Guatemala

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February 26, 2020

Morocco: deux ans et demi de prison pour avoir publié des vidéos "offensantes" sur YouTube

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Africa Justice Morocco

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February 25, 2020

France: la justice ordonne des travaux d’urgence à Nouméa, où la "situation est alarmante"

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Europe Justice Health Overcrowding France

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February 19, 2020

France: le suivi des "longues peines" qui ont commis des infractions sexuelles

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Europe Long-term prisoners Justice Rehabilitation France

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February 14, 2020

Algeria: des condamnés à mort se révoltent à la prison de Lambèse

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Justice Protest Death penalty Violence Algeria

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February 12, 2020

France: the possibility of a conversation

Interview

Europe Justice Alternatives France

In France, restorative justice is a complementary practice to the criminal punishment for an offence. Maiana Bidegain is the codirector of Meeting my aggressor, a documentary that recounts the steps she took to meet the man who raped her when she was a child. We asked her three questions.

February 10, 2020

France: le parquet antiterroriste empêche une sortie de trois heures pour un détenu en prison depuis trente ans

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Europe Justice Activities France

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February 5, 2020

India: prison rule stands in way of quick hanging

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Asia Justice Death penalty India

NEW DELHI: A proviso in the revised 2018 Delhi Prison Manual now stands between the timely execution of the four Nirbhaya convicts on February 1 and the possibility of a further delay.

January 31, 2020

Côte d'Ivoire: présumé.e innocent.e ? Étude sur la détention préventive

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Africa Justice Côte d’Ivoire

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January 31, 2020

USA: inside the prison where inmates 'begged for their lives' amid days of violence

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America North America Justice Violence United States

Five inmates died this month in notorious Mississippi prison marked by racism and neglect – prisoners and families demand urgent reform

January 30, 2020

France: surpopulation, matelas au sol et crasse : la France condamnée par la justice européenne pour ses prisons

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Europe Justice Overcrowding France

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January 27, 2020

Italy: l'Etat critiqué pour ses conditions de détention dans un rapport du Conseil de l'Europe

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Europe Justice Material conditions Italy

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