Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

January 21, 2020

USA: des millions gagnés sur le dos des prisonniers via des services de messagerie payants

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January 17, 2020

Guatemala: justicia suspende polémica reducción de penas de cárcel

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America Central America and the Caribbean Justice Guatemala

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January 17, 2020

Honduras : motín dejó al menos 18 muertos y una veintena de heridos

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America Central America and the Caribbean Violence Honduras

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January 17, 2020

Cuba: la mayor cárcel del mundo

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America Central America and the Caribbean Overcrowding Cuba

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January 15, 2020

Mexico: une émeute dans une prison fait 16 morts

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America Central America and the Caribbean Protest Violence Mexico

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January 15, 2020

USA: prison américaine de Guantanamo: 18 années d'un trou noir juridique continu

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America North America Torture Violence United States

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January 10, 2020

Hearing — 8/12

Inside Outside

America North America South America Women Asia Europe Long-term prisoners

Each month, the photographer Bertrand Gaudillère creates an image or chooses one from his archives. Prison Insider sends it to a dozen participants, prisoners around the world.They are in Argentina, in the United States of America, in France, in Switzerland, in Guatemala, in Ukraine, in Colombia, i…

January 3, 2020

USA: Amid Alabama’s prison crisis, the voices of the people living through it should be heard

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America North America Justice United States

For years, Alabama’s prison system has been under a microscope. Harsh sentencing laws coupled with chronic underfunding have led to horrific conditions for people behind bars.

January 2, 2020

USA: in Maryland, many juvenile offenders languish in prison without parole (video)

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America North America Justice United States

In collaboration with the University of Maryland’s Howard Center for Investigative Journalism, John Yang reports on the uncertain fate of prisoners who are still serving life sentences for crimes they committed as minors.

January 2, 2020

USA: youth confinement

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America North America Minors Discipline United States

On any given day, over 48,000 youth in the United States are confined in facilities away from home as a result of juvenile justice or criminal justice involvement. Most are held in restrictive, correctional-style facilities, and thousands are held without even having had a trial.

January 2, 2020

Jamaica: judges still tossing children "behind bars" for uncontrollable behaviour, years after efforts started to end practice

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America Central America and the Caribbean Minors Jamaica

Human rights advocacy group Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) has raised concerns that the practice has re-emerged and provided The Sunday Gleaner with statistics which suggest that in 2018, some 413 children (211 males and 203 girls) appeared before court, not for committing an offence but for exhibitin…

January 1, 2020

Coronavirus: Prison Fever / 2021

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The virus has not stopped at prison gates. What measures are taken to guarantee the safety of all prisoners and prison staff? What are the consequences of the pandemic on the living conditions in prisons? Here is an overview. — Update 31/12/2021

December 27, 2019

USA: no place like prison

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America North America Foreign prisoners Justice United States

Jamaican citizens account for more than half the total number of Caribbean citizens now incarcerated in United States (US) prisons.

December 27, 2019

USA: life after prison

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America North America Women United States

The Reentry Initiative is one of two programs in the state that helps women parolees. Additionally, the program works with women before and after their release and men after their release. Roughly 250 to 285 people are released through Longmont parole.

December 27, 2019

Honduras: gang fight in Honduran prison leaves at least 18 inmates dead

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America South America Violence Honduras

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - At least 18 inmates were killed and 16 wounded during a fight between rival gangs in a Honduran penitentiary on Friday, authorities said, in one of the worst recent outbreaks of prison violence in the country.

December 27, 2019

USA: prison system faces federal lawsuit over opioid treatment limits

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America North America Health United States

Massachusetts’ prison system faces a federal lawsuit challenging how it provides inmates with opioid addiction medications.

December 27, 2019

USA: prisons neglect pregnant women in their healthcare policies

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America North America Women United States

Our 50-state survey finds that in spite of national standards, most states lack important policies on prenatal care and nutrition for pregnant women.

December 27, 2019

USA: Trump makes the most important anti-hunger programm harder to access for people leaving prison

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America North America Access to legal rights Justice Health United States

Under a new rule announced yesterday, the Trump administration expects to slash 688,000 from the rolls of people receiving short-term food assistance.

December 27, 2019

USA: governor halts policy after prison guards strip-search girl

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America North America Women Violence United States

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said Friday that he’s suspended a policy that allowed prison officials to strip search an 8-year-old girl who was visiting her father.

December 27, 2019

USA: a Guantánamo Bay detainee's drawings show the brutal CIA torture he endured at a secret US-run prison in Thailand

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America North America Torture United States

Abu Zubaydah was captured by US forces after a gun fight in Faisalabad, Pakistan, in March 2002. US officials incorrectly believed the Saudi Arabian citizen was a member of al-Qaida and transported him to a secret US-run prison, known as a black site, in Thailand.

December 19, 2019

USA: quand la prison fait payer aux détenus la lecture d’ebooks dans le domaine public

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America Culture North America United States

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December 19, 2019

USA: les exécutions fédérales ne reprendront pas dans l’immédiat

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America North America Death penalty United States

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December 18, 2019

USA: many issues in Delaware's prison health system remain unaddressed, report says

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America North America Health United States

Despite years of recommendations focusing on problems in the Delaware Department of Correction’s healthcare system, a report issued Thursday by the state’s largest private healthcare provider found that many have not been addressed. Take a recommendation from the Pew Charitable Trusts in 2017 that…

December 12, 2019

USA: the growing racial disparity in prison time

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A new study finds black people are staying longer in state prisons, even as they face fewer arrests and prison admissions overall.