Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

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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Source — Voa Afrique

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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Source — El País

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.

Source — News 24

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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Source — Marianne

January 21, 2017

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

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South America Violence Brazil

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Source — L'Express

January 21, 2017

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

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Violence Brazil

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Source — Infobae

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.

Source — Prague Daily Monitor

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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Source — Le Parisien

January 20, 2017

France : du monde aux consultations psy

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Europe Health France

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Source — Le Parisien

January 20, 2017

France : les détenus modèles ont la clé de leur cellule

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Europe France

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Source — Le Parisien

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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Source — Le Matin

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.

Source — Miami Herald

January 19, 2017

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

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LGBTI United States

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Source — Huffington Post

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.

Source — My Republica

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.

Source — News 24

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.

Source — Newstalk ZB

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.

Source — ITV

January 17, 2017

Romania’s justice minister: amnesty shouldn’t be considered, but pardon should

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Romania

Romania’s justice minister Florin Iordache said on Tuesday that pardon should be considered to solve problem of overcrowded prisons, but a law on amnesty shouldn’t be taken into consideration.

Source — Romania Insider

January 17, 2017

Argentina: La Cárcel como Depósito

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South America Health Argentina

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Source — Anfibia

January 17, 2017

Belgique : l'Observatoire international des prisons - section belge publie sa Notice 2016

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Europe Belgium

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Source — OIP-section belge

January 17, 2017

Zimbabwe: typhoid outbreak spreads to Harare prisons

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Africa Health Zimbabwe

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Source — New Zimbabwe

January 17, 2017

Providing clean needles for inmates too risky, Canadian prison officials say

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Canada

An authorized item is much more likely to be converted into a makeshift weapon, said Nick Fabiano, director general of security for the prison service.

Source — The Star

January 16, 2017

RDC : Kinshasa, pénurie d’eau à la prison de Makala

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Africa Health Congo - Kinshasa

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Source — Radio Okapi

January 16, 2017

Benin: death row prisoners held in cruel limbo

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Africa Death penalty Violence Benin

Prisoners on death row in Benin are languishing in a cruel limbo after a court decision last year effectively abolished the death penalty, but failed to commute existing death sentences, said Amnesty International in a new report today.

Source — Amnesty International