March 2017
Central America and the Caribbean
Asia
Haiti
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — AlterPresse
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Women
Asia
Thailand
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — Libération
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Asia
Europe
Russia
The number of people in Russian penitentiary facilities has gone down to the lowest level since collapse of the USSR, the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) told TASS on the eve of the Penitentiary Day, marked on March 12. Back in 1879, Emperor Alexander II established the prison department.
Source — Tass
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Central America and the Caribbean
Panama
In a small room in a prison on the outskirts of Panama City, Kathia Thomas carefully presses the screen on a digital sewing machine to choose the colors and embroidery on her next item of clothing.
Source — Daily Sabah Life
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Suicide
Denmark
The eight prisoners who took their own lives last year is the highest number in over a decade
Source — CPH Post
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Women
United Kingdom
Government proposals for female prison system reforms have been welcomed as a step forward
Source — The National
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Marcello dell'Anna (I)
Testimonial
Long-term prisoners
Italy
“I have been detained constantly for the last 24 years. I am doing out a life sentence…”
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Mental health
Hungary
Hungary approved plans on Tuesday to detain migrants in camps on its border, state news agency MTI said, a step which the United Nations said violates European Union law and will have a “terrible physical and psychological impact” on asylum seekers.
Source — The Telegraph
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Discipline
United Kingdom
Legal battle comes amid growing crisis in UK prisons
Source — Independent
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Europe
Hungary
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — Libération
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Asia
Kazakhstan
On 23 February 2017, Penal Reform International Central Asia, convened a press conference on ‘Prison reform in Kazakhstan: expectations and reality’. It coincided with the 10th anniversary of the UN Subcommittee for the Prevention of Torture, the UN detention monitoring body.
Source — Penal Reform International
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Europe
Germany
Prisoners in a small German city are being served cheeseburgers in place of their usual fare after a food contract deal fell through. They can order items up to a value of 4 euros.
Police in the western German town of Bergisch Gladbach have been ordering takeaway McDonalds for inmates after a food…
Source — Deutsche Welle
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