Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

March 3, 2017

United Kingdom: une prison 4 étoiles pour 2 100 détenus britanniques

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Europe United Kingdom

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February 27, 2017

France : comment fonctionne le quartier d'évaluation de la radicalisation ?

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Europe Justice Facilities France

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February 27, 2017

Belgium: évasion à la prison belge de Lantin, le détenu a été aidé par trois complices

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Europe Protest Belgium

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February 23, 2017

Finland: rise in foreign inmates increases need for digital leap in prisons

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Europe Finland

A 56-percent increase in the number of foreign prisoners in the last decade has caused Finnish detention facilities to develop their electronic communicating capacity. Digital services have been piloted in prisons for some six months.

February 23, 2017

Ukraine: Rada on its way to amend so-called "Savchenko law"

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Europe Ukraine

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted in the first reading the amendments to Article 72 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine on a calculation of prison term actually served by convicts, as the UNIAN correspondent.

February 22, 2017

La Belgique est le pays d'Europe avec le plus fort taux de suicide en prison

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Europe Suicide Belgium

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February 21, 2017

Fleury-Mérogis: la surpopulation s’aggrave dans la plus grande prison d’Europe

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Europe Overcrowding France

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February 19, 2017

France : des urnes dans les prisons ?

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Europe France

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February 17, 2017

Pinar Selek : "La Turquie passe par un tunnel d'horreur"

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Europe Turkey

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February 17, 2017

France : [Décryptage] Prisons d'Outre-mer : l'enfer derrière les barreaux

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Europe France

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February 15, 2017

Pays-Bas : les prisons mettent la clé sous la porte

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Europe Netherlands

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February 14, 2017

L'état des prisons britanniques

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Europe Drugs United Kingdom

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February 13, 2017

France : tribunal d’application des peines, donneur de sens ou de leçons?

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Europe France

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February 13, 2017

Russia orders prison inmate on hunger strike to pay his own medical costs

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Asia Europe Russia

Rusia has ordered a prisoner to pay his own medical costs after he went on hunger strike over jail conditions, his lawyer said today, a move that could curb protests against poor treatment of convicts.

February 9, 2017

Netherlands: Dutch get creative to solve a prison problem

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Europe Netherlands

The Netherlands has a problem many countries can only dream of: a shortage of prison inmates. While countries like Belgium, Britain, Haiti, Italy, the United States and Venezuela have grappled with prison overcrowding, the Netherlands has such a surplus of unused cells that it has rented some of it…

February 9, 2017

France : à Melun, une mobilisation militante derrière les barreaux

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Europe France

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February 8, 2017

France : nous devons regarder en face notre responsabilité vis-à-vis des bébés qui grandissent en prison

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Europe France

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January 31, 2017

United Kingdom: prisons watchdog blames ‘failure of leadership’ for dire state of jails in England and Wales

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Europe United Kingdom

Prisons in England and Wales are struggling due to a “failure of leadership” on behalf of ministers, the watchdog said today.

January 30, 2017

Turkey, Hungary and Romania drive 23% rise in ECHR applications

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Europe Middle East

Crackdown after failed coup and prison conditions in Romania and Hungary fuel spike in human rights court applications. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s response to the attempted coup in Turkey along with poor conditions in prisons in Hungary and Romania have driven a 23% year-on-year rise in the number of a…

January 30, 2017

France : Thierry Lévy, l'avocat qui voulait fermer les prisons

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Europe France

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January 30, 2017

France : la pagaille de l’application des peines de prison

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Europe France

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January 30, 2017

Panorama: "Prison, what does it mean to you?"

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North America South America Asia Europe Middle East

We are creating a digital mural showing how people perceive prisons around the world. We invite everyone to produce a one-minute video in reply to this question: “Prison, what does it mean to you?” How to participate Use your smartphone. Film in horizontal format Start recording and count two seco…

January 27, 2017

European commission criticises Romania over prisoner pardon plan

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Europe Overcrowding Romania

Move to free thousands of criminals could hinder fight against corruption and undermine rule of law, officials warn

January 26, 2017

France : il volait et violentait les détenus, prison ferme pour un officier pénitentiaire

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Europe Violence France

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