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January 2, 2017

Tunisie : vers la création d'une nouvelle prison "hautement sécurisée" pour les terroristes

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Africa Discipline Facilities Tunisia

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December 30, 2016

Colombie : le laboratoire carcéral de l’oncle Sam

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South America Discipline Drugs Facilities Colombia

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December 8, 2016

UK : Our prison restraint techniques can kill children.

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Europe Minors Discipline Torture United Kingdom

Tuesday the Ministry of Justice had been told that the restraint techniques it had approved for use on children in custody could kill them. A risk assessment carried out by an independent medical adviser concluded that 28 of the 66 sanctioned restraints had a 40% to 60% chance of resulting in injur…

December 5, 2016

France : Radicalisation en prison, un campus pour former les gardiens à Fleury-Mérogis

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Europe Discipline France

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December 5, 2016

USA : the link between race and solitary confinement

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Discipline United States

Men of color are overrepresented in isolation, while whites are typically underrepresented. Stark disparities in prisoners’ treatment are embedded into criminal-justice systems at the city, county, state, and federal levels, and have disproportionate, negative effects on men of color.

November 21, 2016

Etats-Unis : Pour les plus anciens détenus américains en cellule d’isolement, le combat continue

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Discipline United States

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November 21, 2016

France : Radicalisation en prison : le gouvernement abandonne les unités spécialisées

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Europe Discipline Religion France

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November 19, 2016

USA : study suggests Illinois women's prison disciplines inmates too harshly

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Women Discipline Violence United States

Inmates at Illinois’ major women’s prison have been called “crazy” and “worthless” by corrections officers, are sometimes placed in an unpadded open-bar “crisis cage” and receive harsher discipline than men for similar offenses, a study released Friday says.

November 16, 2016

France : de plus en plus de femmes radicalisées en prison

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Women Europe Discipline Religion France

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November 11, 2016

USA : here’s what N.C. won’t tell you about inmates in solitary confinement

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Discipline United States

In North Carolina’s prisons, about half a dozen inmates have been in solitary confinement for more than a decade. But the state doesn’t want you to know who they are. State officials say they’ve been working to reduce their use of the punishment as awareness grows about the dangerous psychological…

October 30, 2016

Canada: solitary confinement is pure torture. I know, I was there

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North America Discipline Torture Canada

Donald Best is an access to justice advocate and a former Toronto Police Service sergeant who spent 63 days in solitary confinement in 2013-2014.

October 26, 2016

France to scrap special prison wings for dangerous jihadists

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Europe Discipline Justice Facilities Religion France

France’s Minister of Justice, Jean-Jacques Urvoas, announced on Tuesday the end of French prison wings for radicalized inmates, promising a new “regime” instead. France has five prisons with experimental de-radicalisation wings for dangerous Islamist extremists, and all these units will be shut dow…

October 17, 2016

USA : how to fix solitary confinement in American prisons

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Discipline United States

Hundreds of prisoners live in solitary confinement in Los Angeles County jails. On average, they spend at least one year in a cell the size of a wheelchair-accessible bathroom stall, leaving only a few times a week, one at a time, for showers or exercise. Meals arrive through a slot in the cell doo…

September 20, 2016

France : le grand blues des surveillants de prison face aux détenus radicalisés

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Europe Discipline Violence France

Il est un peu plus de 20h30, mercredi 14 septembre, dans le bâtiment D3 de la prison de Fleury-Mérogis (Essonne). Une équipe du personnel pénitentiaire débarque à l’improviste dans plusieurs cellules de l’une des deux unités dédiées de la maison d’arrêt, qui accueille une quinzaine de détenus radic…