Europe
Europe
Death penalty
Violence
Turkey
Thousands of people were arrested after failed coup in July. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the government will soon submit a bill to Parliament to reinstate the death penalty amid calls for the execution of the plotters of a failed coup in July.
Addressing crowds in Ankara on Saturday…
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…
Europe
Access to legal rights
Switzerland
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Europe
Overcrowding
Violence
France
Une mutinerie de quelques heures s’est déroulée à la prison de Valence, dans la Drôme, en fin d’après-midi dimanche 25 septembre. Le scénario est très voisin de ce qui s’est passé deux semaines plus tôt à Vivonne, près de Poitiers (Vienne).
Les faits ont débuté un peu avant 19 heures au sein du qua…