Interview
Europe
Justice
Alternatives
France
In France, restorative justice is a complementary practice to the criminal punishment for an offence. Maiana Bidegain is the codirector of Meeting my aggressor, a documentary that recounts the steps she took to meet the man who raped her when she was a child. We asked her three questions.
“Parodies of justice” in Iraq
Interview
Middle East
Foreign prisoners
Justice
Death penalty
Torture
Violence
Iraq
The Iraqi justice system has some flaws – quick trials, non-existent legal assistance and judgements based on confessions rather than the evidence. Yet several countries have declined to repatriate their citizens who are accused of terrorism, putting them at risk of torture or the death penalty.
France: “wearing the prison mark”
Interview
France: an elusive escape
Interview
Uruguay: rethinking the prison system
Interview
Madagascar: out of sight
Interview
Africa
Women
Material conditions
Activities
Social ties
Madagascar
Elise Maillot is 30 years old. She has been visiting prisons for the last two years. She was in Madagascar, her home country, at the end of 2018. There, she visited the Manjakandriana prison for women. Prison Insider asked her three questions.
France: prisons and mental health
Interview
Europe
Health
Mental health
France
People with mental illness are over represented in the prison population. This group is particularly vulnerable and subjected to violence and abuse. Prison psychiatry is a sector that has undergone significant changes lately, in France and elsewhere. Where do we stand right now?
In July 2014, Adeli…
Uruguay: rebuilding life after prison
Interview
Japan: surveillance and old age
Interview
Prisoners during the war
Interview
Prison as seen by children
Interview
Rescaled: prisons in the city
Interview
Africa: prisons and contexts
Interview
Greenland: monitoring and rehab
Interview
France: from the pen to the polls
Interview
Europe
Access to legal rights
Discipline
France
As of 1994, convicted people are no longer stripped of their civil rights. In principle, the majority of prisoners retain their right to vote. However, only 2% of them were able to vote during the last presidential elections. Incarceration prevents many prisoners from exercising this right.
The Ro…