Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

September 20, 2017

Prison stories // Andrew Aitchison

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The everyday lives of inmates, guards and visitors.

September 16, 2017

France : des détenus des Baumettes s'exposent au palais de justice de Marseille

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September 16, 2017

Turquie : les prisons se sont modernisées, mais l'islamisation domine

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September 15, 2017

France : la prison, "miroir grossissant" des stéréotypes sur la sexualité féminine

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September 15, 2017

Spain: mujeres en un mundo de hombres

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September 15, 2017

Russie : Une membre des Pussy Riot raconte les traitements subis dans une prison pour femmes

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September 6, 2017

Ukraine: guards and prisoners victims of an outdated system

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The prosecutor’s office informed, on the 17th of August, that a detainee had killed and dismembered an inspector from the State Prison Service at the Odessa Pre-trial Detention Center (SIZO) No. 21. The murder occurred in the SIZO economic block where the prisoner was working.

September 6, 2017

Crackdown: Prison conditions worsen in post-coup Turkey

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Turkey has been packing its jails with political offenders since a failed coup nearly 14 months ago, and prisoners’ families, lawyers, and activists have told IRIN of an increase in overcrowding, poor medical care, solitary confinement, and mistreatment.

August 29, 2017

Croatia: see the haunting ruins of a prison once known as a "living hell"

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The decrepit remains can still be seen by tourists willing to make the trek to the uninhabited island. Goli Otok was once described as a “Living Hell” by those who were unlucky enough to be sent to the prison.

August 28, 2017

France : la place des détenus atteints de pathologies graves est-elle en prison ?

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August 26, 2017

Spain: EPPK insta a que, "con urgencia" se consensúe "una hoja de ruta para la excarcelaciones" de los presos de ETA

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August 25, 2017

Germany: un teatro en una cárcel alemana, contra el extremismo islamista

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August 20, 2017

Spain: Tres cárceles gaditanas, entre las que más agresiones sufren de toda España

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August 19, 2017

France : "Surveillante de prison, mes collègues ont parfois tendance à me surprotéger"

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August 18, 2017

France: attempts to release prisoners early are unsuccessful

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Today’s post is by Professor Martine Herzog-Evans who shares findings from a recent study into a French initiative to release prisoners on parole more efficiently in order to reduce the prison population, a subject of particular interest for the Parole Board for England and Wales in its attempt to…

August 17, 2017

France : bientôt des téléphones "bridés" en prison ?

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August 16, 2017

France : Homophobie en prison, cette violence que l’on tait

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August 4, 2017

La Turquie, "plus grande prison au monde pour les journalistes"

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August 4, 2017

UK: prisons in crisis due to ‘perverse’ government overhaul

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The president of the Prison Governors Association (PGA) has said prisons in England and Wales are in crisis due to a “perverse” government overhaul and a “toxic mix” of pressures.

August 3, 2017

Belgique : l’enfer de la prison de Saint-Gilles vu par un détenu

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August 2, 2017

Radio and prison

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They get life on the outside to come inside – radio broadcasts for and by detainees and their families. The fundamentals are often the same: anybody can call in to relay a message to a brother, a daughter, a friend in prison, or simply to express support. So, through the walls pass words of hope, o…

July 24, 2017

How the gulag lives on in Russia's prison economy

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In Russia, running a prison is a business, Olga Romanova writes for the Carnegie Center.

July 24, 2017

How the gulag Llves on in Russia's prison economy

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In Russia, running a prison is a business. The Soviet gulag may have transformed into Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN), but its essence arguably is unchanged. With 434 prisoners per 100,000 people, Russia has the highest incarceration rate in Europe. It’s 143 in the UK, 101 in France, a…

July 18, 2017

France : Qui veut gagner des prisons ?

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