May 20, 2017 Turkey: nine percent overcapacity in prisons forces inmates to sleep in shifts News Europe Middle East Turkey “There are currently 221,607 inmates in prisons. Prison capacity is 203,000, making them 9 percent over capacity”
May 19, 2017 France : la culture en prison contre la récidive News Culture Europe France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
May 19, 2017 Ukraine: SBU detains corrupt head of penal coloy in Zhytomyr region News Europe Ukraine The SBU Security Service of Ukraine together with the Military Prosecutor’s Office have detained a deputy chief of a penal colony in Zhytomyr region for systematic bribery by taking money from prisoners’ relatives, the SBU reported.
May 18, 2017 France : François Bayrou en finira-t-il avec "la culture du cachot" ? News Europe France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
May 15, 2017 "A sa place, je me serais suicidé", dit l'avocat du seul interné à vie de Suisse News Europe Suicide Switzerland This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
May 13, 2017 Spain: Cañamero reclama la instalación de aparatos de aire acondicionado en las cárceles News Europe Spain This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.
May 11, 2017 "La prison suisse, c'est le paradis, comme un hôtel" News Europe Switzerland This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
May 2, 2017 France: "des urnes dans les prisons, un problème de volonté politique" News Europe France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 29, 2017 En direct de l'Europe. Prisons : la détention provisoire en dernier recours News Pre-trial detention Europe France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 26, 2017 France : sortir de l'inflation sécuritaire News Europe France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 26, 2017 United Kingdom: teen's detention breached prison rules, Liz Truss admits News Europe United Kingdom A 16-year-old boy held in solitary confinement for four months was a victim of procedural “failings”, Liz Truss has admitted.
April 26, 2017 Romania: Europe rights court blasts Romania prison conditions News Europe Justice Material conditions Romania The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday (25 April) took Romania to task for its dismal prison conditions, saying they could be considered inhumane and degrading.
April 17, 2017 34 Tunisiens y sont détenus : voyage au cœur de la prison italienne de Rebibia News Africa Europe Italy This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 13, 2017 France : prisons, un débat verrouillé News Europe France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 13, 2017 Turkey: le journaliste allemand Deniz Yücel se marie en prison News Europe Middle East Turkey This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 12, 2017 Russia: more than 100 gay men 'sent to prison camps' in Chechnya News Asia Europe Russia Abuses allegedly included mean being taken outside and beaten several times a day, having their hands electrocuted and being forced to sit on bottles
April 12, 2017 France : le quinquennat Hollande vu des prisons News Europe France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 11, 2017 France: furious prison guards clash with police outside infamous jail News Europe Protest France France 24 Police firing tear gas have clashed with prison guards protesting working conditions in a notorious prison south of Paris. The incidents Monday night at the sprawling Fleury-Merogis prison come after a few hundred workers blocked the entrance and set tires on fire to call attention to con…
April 11, 2017 France : surpopulation en prison, les derniers chiffres News Europe Overcrowding France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 11, 2017 France : prisons, la réclusion à la peine News Europe France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 10, 2017 France : "au feu, la pénit’ brûle" : à Fleury-Mérogis, les surveillants en colère bloquent la prison News Europe France This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
April 5, 2017 Spain: el 'motín' de los funcionarios de prisiones News Europe Violence Spain This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.
April 3, 2017 What’s going on in Turkey’s prisons? News Europe Middle East Turkey Myriad allegations of rights violations in Turkish prisons have marked the aftermath of last year’s coup attempt as thousands of suspected putschists, political dissidents and journalists landed behind bars. In December, a senior UN official said torture seemed to have been “widespread” in the days…
April 3, 2017 Les Pays-Bas cherchent une utilité à leurs prisons vides News Europe Netherlands This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
