Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

October 13, 2019

France: face aux suicides en prison, les détenus s’entraident pour libérer la parole

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Europe Suicide France

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October 13, 2019

UK: high-security prison opens up to visits from autistic children

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Europe Social ties United Kingdom

Maghaberry near Belfast houses republican and loyalist paramilitaries plus life sentence murderers behind its razor-wire fences and high walls.

October 13, 2019

France: "la prison est essentielle pour comprendre le djihadisme français"

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Europe France

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October 12, 2019

France: un match de football entre détenus et avocats à la prison de Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone

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Europe France

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October 12, 2019

UK: prison officers told to knock on cell doors to make youth detention "child friendly"

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Europe United Kingdom

Prison officers have been told to knock before entering the cells of young inmates in order to make youth detention centres “more child friendly”.

October 10, 2019

UK: self-inflicted deaths rise in prisons in England and Wales

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Europe United Kingdom

Watchdog also finds drug use continues to plague jails despite agreed action plans.

October 10, 2019

Smell — 5/12

Inside Outside

America 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…

October 10, 2019

Turkey: prison board not have authority to block letters on rights violations according the Constitutional Court

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Europe Turkey

Two inmates’ letters to parliamentarians on rights violations in the prison were not sent by the prison administration.

October 10, 2019

France: comment l'administration scrute les surveillants radicalisés

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Europe Religion France

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October 10, 2019

Belarus: “we’re still wondering where he is buried…”

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Europe Death penalty Belarus

Aliaksandra Y.’s father was sentenced to death and executed in 2016. She was not notified of the execution. This is her story.

October 8, 2019

Italy: Europe court says Italy's hard prison regime breaches human rights

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Europe Italy

ROME (Reuters) - A European court ruled on Tuesday that Italy’s tough prison regimes for mobsters and convicted terrorists who refused to cooperate with the justice system violated human rights and needed to be changed.

October 7, 2019

Belgium: la prison de Saint-Gilles sous haute tension

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Europe Belgium

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October 7, 2019

Turkey: Loup Bureau, une plume libre dans une prison

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Europe Turkey

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October 4, 2019

Ireland: 23 pregnant women have been in custody in prison this year

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Women Europe Ireland

A total of 23 pregnant women have been in custody in the country’s two female prisons so far this year, new figures have revealed.

October 4, 2019

UK: baby dies in prison after inmate "gives birth alone in cell"

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Europe United Kingdom

Police are investigating the death of a baby in Britain’s largest female prison after an inmate gave birth alone in her cell at night.

October 3, 2019

Russia: new report offers government think-tank perspective on reforming the prison system

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Asia Europe Russia

Russia has too many prisoners — more than 543,000, the largest imprisoned population per capita in Europe. Twenty-eight percent of Russian prisoners are behind bars for drug-related crimes, more than those imprisoned for either robbery or murder. Most of those individuals are drug users, not drug d…

October 2, 2019

Czech Republic: terapias para reducir la reincidencia entre la población expresidiaria

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Europe Czechia

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October 1, 2019

France: "Ils se sont vus mourir" : après l'incendie de Rouen, des détenus de la maison d'arrêt vont porter plainte

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Europe France

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October 1, 2019

Spain: denuncian el "colapso sanitario" en las cárceles

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Europe Spain

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September 25, 2019

France: À Fleury-Mérogis, la première crèche en prison

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Europe France

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September 24, 2019

France : à la prison de Riom, "le savoir permet de casser les murs"

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Europe France

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September 24, 2019

France: prisons and mental health

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Europe Health Mental health France

People with mental illness are over represented in the prison population. This group is particularly vulnerable and subjected to violence and abuse. Prison psychiatry is a sector that has undergone significant changes lately, in France and elsewhere. Where do we stand right now? In July 2014, Adeli…

September 22, 2019

Spain: mujeres y presas, la discriminación por género también se sufre en las cárceles

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Europe Spain

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September 20, 2019

Ireland: overcrowding an issue as prison inmate numbers rise 11% in two years

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Europe Overcrowding Ireland

The Irish Prison Service said more people are being sent to prison and overcrowding has once again become an issue in Irish prisons. The number of inmates has increased by 11% in the last two years, with more than 4,000 people now in custody on a regular basis. Remand prisoners have increased by mo…