November 2016
United States
Over 5 million kids in the United States currently have or have had a parent in prison. That works out to about one in 14 American children—a majority of whom are under age 10. Broken down by state, children with incarcerated parents can represent 3 to 13 percent of the population, according to “A…
Source — The Atlantic
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Health
Mental health
Violence
United States
Secrecy, mistrust and the shadow of interrogation at the American
prison limited doctors’ ability to treat mental illness among detainees.
Dr. Rosecrans, now retired from the Navy, led one of the mental health teams assigned to care for detainees at the island prison over the past 15 years. Some pr…
Source — New York Times
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Discipline
United States
In North Carolina’s prisons, about half a dozen inmates have been in solitary confinement for more than a decade.
But the state doesn’t want you to know who they are.
State officials say they’ve been working to reduce their use of the punishment as awareness grows about the dangerous psychological…
Source — Charlotte Observer
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Norway
Anders Breivik, the Norwegian mass murderer, is arguing that conditions in the prison where he is held violate his human rights. Many Norwegian prisons, on the other hand, are seen by foreigners as extremely cushy. Lars Bevanger describes a system referred to by one American visitor as “prison utop…
Source — BBC
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Netherlands
While the UK and much of the world struggles with overcrowded prisons, the Netherlands has the opposite problem. It is actually short of people to lock up. In the past few years 19 prisons have closed down and more are slated for closure next year. How has this happened - and why do some people thi…
Source — BBC News
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Death penalty
Violence
United States
Sorry, this article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — L'Express
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Maroc et Sahara occidental : prison pour une vingtaine de paysans après des violences avec la police
News
Africa
Violence
United States
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Source — L'Orient Le Jour
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Europe
Protest
United Kingdom
Video shows inmates whooping with excitement during six-hour rampage.Prison guards were forced to retreat to a ‘safe place’ until riot officers arrived.
Source — Huffington Post
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Europe
France
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Source — Journal du Dimanche
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Mumia Abu Jamal
Testimonial
United Kingdom
Two prisoners have escaped from HMP Pentonville, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has said.
The escape was discovered when officers carrying out checks found two pillows made to look like bodies in the prisoners’ beds on Monday.
It is understood the inmates, aged 28 and 31, used diamond-tipped cutting…
Source — BBC
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South America
Violence
Venezuela
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version
Source — Vertice
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Asia
Protest
India
Sorry, this article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — Le Monde
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