April 2017
North America
United States
As California prison officials shift toward inmate programs centered on rehabilitation and education, they are evaluating new regulations for awarding time credits for good behavior and reaching milestones.
Source — Los Angeles Times
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Central America and the Caribbean
Torture
Mexico
The Chamber of Deputies has approved a law against torture intended to prevent, investigate and punish the practice along with other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.
Source — Mexico Daily News
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North America
Canada
Ombudsman’s probe was launched after inmate Adam Capay was held in segregation for 4 years
Source — CBC News
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Waiting for justice
Portfolio
Africa
Pre-trial detention
Minors
Justice
Overcrowding
Sierra Leone
Children are incarcerated illegally in the maximum security prison of Pademba, in Sierra Leone. Fernando Moleres shares with us the daily lives of the minors in the Prison of Freetown.
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Central America and the Caribbean
Health
Material conditions
Haiti
Haiti Children working with other nonprofits, and Haitians to feed 4,200 prisoners living in dismal conditions
Source — The Denver Post
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United States: prisons and jails are forcing inmates to pay a small fortune just to see a doctor
News
North America
Health
United States
The fees are designed to discourage inmates from seeking care, which could have dangerous consequences.
Source — Huffpost
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North America
Discipline
United States
As a teenager, Adam Brulotte relished the attention he received from getting into fights at parties. When he was 18 years old, he was arrested for burglary and aggravated assault after punching a man and breaking his jaw in seven places.
Source — Frontline
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Middle East
Protest
Israel
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.
Source — Huffington Post
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Discipline
United States
When Kenny Moore was convicted of aggravated assault, burglary and theft and sent to Maine State Prison at age 18, he expected to serve an 18-month sentence. But after a series of fights and disruptive behavior, he was sent to solitary confinement, where his disruptive behavior only worsened. All i…
Source — Frontline
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Asia
Drugs
Philippines
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, or UNODC, announced on Monday (17/04) that it will soon post a dedicated drug policy adviser to work with the Philippine government to enact alternative approaches in combating rising narcotics use in the country.
Source — Jakarta Globe
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North America
Women
United States
For five years, inmates haven’t even had the opportunity to obtain high school equivalency diplomas at the Lackawanna County Prison in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The GED program was scrapped during a county budgeting crisis in 2012 and has yet to be reinstated.
Source — Huffpost
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Middle East
Protest
Israel
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — L'Obs
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Middle East
Israel
Thousands of prisoners expected to join rights protest led by Marwan Barghouti that has significant political backing
Source — The Guardian
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Africa
Alternatives
Tunisia
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — Réalités.com
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Middle East
Israel
Having spent the last 15 years in an Israeli prison, I have been both a witness to and a victim of Israel’s illegal system of mass arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment of Palestinian prisoners. After exhausting all other options, I decided there was no choice but to resist these abuses by going on a…
Source — The NY Times
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Europe
France
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — Libération
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Violence
Chad
At least 10 people were killed in Chad in an attack against a convoy carrying prisoners, security sources have said.
Source — Daily Trust
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Asia
Singapore
Prisons service says it will use technology to free officers from guard duties.
Source — International Business Times
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