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December 27, 2019

Ireland: case of brain-damaged man in prison "far from rare"

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Europe Health Ireland

The Director of the Central Mental Hospital has said the case of a brain-damaged homeless man in prison is “far from rare”. Professor Harry Kennedy said there is a caseload of around 250 people in the prisons with severe mental illnesses or disorders. Yesterday, the President of the High Court, M…

December 20, 2019

Pāri mūriem

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Europe Minors Activities Religion Latvia

Behind the walls of the juvenile detention centre of Cēsis, the prisoners are getting bored. Jérémie Jung leads photography workshops with 10 of them but is confronted with censorship by the prison administration.

December 19, 2019

Belgium: la surpopulation carcérale atteint un niveau alarmant (vidéo)

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Europe Overcrowding Belgium

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December 19, 2019

Belgium: la grève des gardiens de prison continue: "Le gouvernement a réduit le personnel de 10%"(vidéo)

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Europe Work Belgium

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December 19, 2019

France: la surpopulation, premier facteur des violences en milieu carcéral

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Europe Overcrowding Violence France

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December 19, 2019

France: auteurs et victimes : en prison, les violences sont interchangeables

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Europe Violence France

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December 19, 2019

France: condamnation pour mauvais traitement d’un détenu

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Europe Justice Violence France

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December 18, 2019

France: mineurs non accompagnés en prison, les victimes d’un système

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Europe Minors France

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December 18, 2019

Turkey: prison population increases by 14 percent in one year

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Europe Minors Justice Turkey

According to the “Prison Statistics 2018” of the TurkStat, prison population of Turkey has increased by 14 percent in one year. As of December 31, 2018, there were 264 thousand 842 people behind bars, the Institute has informed.

December 18, 2019

Russia: transgender woman in Russia faces hard time in men's prison

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Asia Europe LGBTQI Russia

Michelle had no idea that the erotic anime images she posted on social media years ago could land her in an all-male prison and endanger her life.

December 13, 2019

The Netherlands: Why are there so few prisoners ?

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Europe Netherlands

The Dutch justice system is cutting jail populations by offering specialist rehabilitation to people with mental illnesses.

December 11, 2019

France: “La prison, c’est le miroir dans lequel la société ne veut pas se voir”

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Europe France

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December 10, 2019

France: un emploi après la prison (vidéo)

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Europe France

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December 10, 2019

Sight — 7/12

Inside Outside

North America South America Women Asia Europe Long-term prisoners

Each month, the photographer Bertrand Gaudillère creates an image or chooses one from his archives. Prison Insider sends it to a dozen participants, prisoners around the world.They are in Argentina, in the United States of America, in France, in Switzerland, in Guatemala, in Ukraine, in Colombia, i…

December 9, 2019

France: “wearing the prison mark”

Interview

Europe Alternatives France

Alternative measures to prison apply to far more people than prisoners held in custodial facilities. In France, as in many Western countries, these measures are taking precedence over prison sentences. Just over 70,000 people were incarcerated at the start of 2019. At the same time, 170,000 offende…

December 8, 2019

Latvia: major Rīga prison to be closed in 2019

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Europe Latvia

Rīga’s Brasa prison will be closed starting April 1, 2019 as part of an ongoing prison reform, Aija Fedorova, a representative of the Latvian Prison Administration told the press November 7.

December 6, 2019

France: double condamnation par la CEDH après des violences de surveillants pénitentiaires

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Europe Violence France

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December 5, 2019

France: an elusive escape

Interview

Culture Europe Activities France

Natacha Galvez taught art history to inmates at Fleury-Mérogis. She is head of communications for the organisation Art et Prison. She is studying for her doctorate in philosophie esthétique and her thesis is on the creation of art in the prison environment. The following is our interview with her.

December 1, 2019

France: "le discrédit de la notion de droits de l'homme est un symptôme inquiétant"

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Europe Access to legal rights France

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November 29, 2019

Latvia: last inmates transferred from Brasa prison prior to closure

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Europe LGBTQI Latvia

This week the last inmates were transferred from the to-be-liquidated Brasa prison to other correctional facilities, while the Brasa prison will be closed down as of April 1, Latvian Prison Administration rep Aija Fedorova told the press.

November 29, 2019

France: 20 détenus pourront être indemnisés en raison de l’indignité de leurs conditions de détention

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Asia Europe Material conditions France

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November 26, 2019

France: le Cese tire la sonnette d'alarme sur la réinsertion

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Europe France

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November 26, 2019

UK: "nous redoutons que Julian Assange puisse mourir en prison"

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Europe France

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November 24, 2019

Spain: denuncian grave situación en las cárceles: "La prisión no puede ser una condena a muerte"

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Europe Violence Spain

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