Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

December 5, 2016

France : Le procureur des Ardennes favorable à une nouvelle prison dans le département

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Europe France

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December 5, 2016

Suisse : Zurich mélange ses détenus mineurs et adultes

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Europe Switzerland

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December 5, 2016

Islande : les banquiers voyous ont leur prison

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Europe Iceland

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December 2, 2016

France : 17 organisations (unions and associations) send a letter to the government

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Europe France

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December 1, 2016

Luxembourg : La future prison pour mineurs de Dreiborn inquiète

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Europe Luxembourg

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December 1, 2016

France : Le livre et la prison, la contrainte, laboratoire de création littéraire

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Europe France

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November 27, 2016

France : nouvelle mutinerie à la prison de Valence

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Europe Protest Violence France

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November 27, 2016

France : Valence, fin de la mutinerie à la prison

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Europe Protest Violence France

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November 25, 2016

Espagne : Mor Marcos Ana, el pres del franquisme que més anys va passar a la presó

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Europe Spain

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November 25, 2016

Francia : le dôme de la prison de Loos en cours de destruction

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Europe Laos

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November 25, 2016

Turquie : la romancière Asli Erdogan reste finalement en détention

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Europe Turkey

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November 22, 2016

France : Les visiteurs de prison sensibilisent l'opinion publique à la vie carcérale

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Europe Social ties France

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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 21, 2016

France : Le journaliste Olivier Bertrand raconte ses jours « kafkaïens » de prison en Turquie

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Europe Turkey

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November 18, 2016

Turquie : "je n’ai jamais connu de période aussi désespérante pour la défense des droits humains"

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Europe Access to legal rights Turkey

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November 17, 2016

UK : Liz Truss to resume Prison Officers Association talks

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Europe United Kingdom

Justice Secretary Liz Truss will restart talks with the prison officers’ union later amid claims the service in England and Wales is “in meltdown”. On Tuesday, up to 10,000 prison officers in England and Wales stopped work over claims of a “surge in violence” among inmates.

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

France : lancement d’une campagne pour un droit de vote effectif dans les prisons

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Europe France

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November 7, 2016

UK : Bedford Prison Riot VideoPrison guards were forced to retreat to a ‘safe place’ until riot officers arrived.

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Europe Protest United Kingdom

Video shows inmates whooping with excitement during six-hour rampage.Prison guards were forced to retreat to a ‘safe place’ until riot officers arrived.

November 7, 2016

France : un appel pour des urnes dans les prisons

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Europe France

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November 3, 2016

Vatican : mille prisonniers attendus au premier « jubilé des détenus »

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Europe Italy

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November 2, 2016

France : faute d'agents, un détenu sur quatre ne peut être présenté au juge

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Europe France

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November 2, 2016

UK : Truss to hold talks with prison officers over violence

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Europe Violence United Kingdom

Justice Secretary Liz Truss is due to hold urgent talks with leaders of the Prison Officers Association as concerns grow about safety in jails. The union had planned meetings outside each jail on Tuesday, to highlight fears over increasing violence and suicides in English and Welsh prisons. The mov…

November 1, 2016

Russia : jailed activist alleges torture, threats in prison letter

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Asia Europe Torture Russia

A jailed Russian opposition activist has accused a prison warden of overseeing the systematic torture of inmates and of threatening to kill him, allegations made in a desperate letter to his wife that he asked her to publish to save his life.