Rehabilitation
Austria: Final destination, Göllersdorf
Investigations
Coronavirus
Europe
Health
Mental health
Social ties
Rehabilitation
Austria
In a tiny village in Lower Austria lies one of the country’s “special institutions for mentally abnormal, unsound offenders”. Journalist Sarah Yolanda Koss dives into the everyday life of those imprisoned in the Göllersdorfer castle.
“Hearing the sounds of the city”
Interview
Facilities
Alternatives
Rehabilitation
Work
France
Detention villages, open prisons, small prisons: what is there to say? We asked geographer Olivier Milhaud three questions. For him, large prisons built outside of cities are “a disaster”.
Prison & the city
Thematic paper
Material conditions
Facilities
Social ties
Alternatives
Rehabilitation
Hidden prison, modern prison, dilapidated prison, “open” prison: wall to wall, Prison Insider investigated the links between city and prison. In partnership with Rescaled, we gave a number of different people a space to share their point of view.
Austria: “Nobody knew how to deal with the virus”
Investigations
Coronavirus
Europe
Social ties
Rehabilitation
Work
Austria
Two years of Coronavirus, two incarcerated men: Journalist Sarah Yolanda Koss dives into the everyday life of two Austrian prisons.
Roland: “Great. This again.”
Testimonial
Coronavirus
Health
Facilities
Rehabilitation
France
Roland was imprisoned for a total of 28 years. Is the lockdown a second imprisonment? Prison Insider has brought out six narratives of former prisoners. Six perspectives on the lockdown and imprisonment.
France: for moral sociology in prison
Interview
Europe
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Violence
Rehabilitation
France
How can we consider prison critique? What tools can be used to adapt the role of prisons and the meaning of sentences? Is there hope for a successful outcome?
Asia
Justice
Material conditions
Rehabilitation
Pakistan
Interview with the IG Prison Sindh, Kazi Nazir Ahmed.
Africa
Pre-trial detention
Minors
Activities
Rehabilitation
South Africa
While South Africans commemorated the youth of 1976 which sparked a revolution, many youngsters charged with violent crimes are still incarcerated in government facilities.
Europe
Long-term prisoners
Justice
Overcrowding
Social ties
Rehabilitation
United Kingdom
ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. Helen Mills discusses the vexed problem of short prison sentences.
Malta: Faculty for Social Wellbeing dean calls for end to solitary confinement in Malta’s prison
News
Europe
Mental health
Material conditions
Rehabilitation
Malta
A position paper issued by the Office of the Dean of the Faculty for Social Wellbeing argues solitary confinement leads to worsening rates of recidivism
Europe
Material conditions
Facilities
Overcrowding
Rehabilitation
Malta
Dean of the Faculty of social wellbeing Andrew Azzopardi said that it is “bursting at the seams”. “A few years ago, we were speaking about 200 to 300 people spending time in jail. It is now full up“
Singapore: recidivism rate at all-time low, more inmates serving part of jail term in community
News
Asia
Activities
Alternatives
Rehabilitation
Work
Singapore
The recidivism rate in Singapore has dipped to an all-time low and more inmates are serving part of their jail term in the community, the Singapore Prison Service (SPS) said on Wednesday (Feb 3).
Colombia: repair, educate, reconcile
Interview
Activities
Alternatives
Rehabilitation
Colombia
The prison population in Latin America continues to grow. Is restorative justice a viable alternative to redress this situation?
France : “je me dois de vous dire que la dite réinsertion est un combat de tous les jours”
News
Europe
Access to legal rights
Discipline
Justice
Protest
Rehabilitation
France
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French
Europe
Overcrowding
Activities
Rehabilitation
Work
United Kingdom
The chancellor’s £4bn to imprison more criminals in England and Wales should be spent helping people live a life outside crime.
North America
Mental health
Violence
Rehabilitation
United States
A recent study of recently incarcerated people finds that witnessing violence is a frequent and traumatizing experience in prison.
France : la fin annoncée des CRP pour les auteurs de violences contre les policiers
News
Europe
Access to legal rights
Justice
Violence
Rehabilitation
France
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French
Coronavirus
North America
Women
Health
Mental health
Social ties
Alternatives
Rehabilitation
Canada
It is time to recognize alternatives to incarceration and radically rethink the prison system
Coronavirus
North America
Justice
Rehabilitation
United States
By march, officials expect to have reduced the state’s prison population by about 35 percent since the start of the pandemic.
Argentina: cárceles solidarias, presas hicieron y donaron 180 pelucas para pacientes oncológicos
News
South America
Women
Mental health
Activities
Rehabilitation
Work
Argentina
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish
France : la prison, quel rôle ?
News
Culture
Europe
Activities
Rehabilitation
Work
France
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French
France : "ils sont surveillés de près"
News
Europe
Justice
Violence
Rehabilitation
Religion
France
This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French