Women
Central America and the Caribbean
Women
Guatemala
Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales and the US assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, William Brownfield, inaugurated Monday the penitentiary management model’s first rehabilitation and reintegration center for some 160 female inmates.
Source — Latin America Herald Tribune
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Africa
Women
Sierra Leone
Aminata* was only 17 years old when she was arrested for killing her former boyfriend eight years ago. She was sentenced to death for murder in November 2010 and feared each day she would be executed before her sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by the government on Sierra Leone’s 50th Independence…
Source — All Africa
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Women
Asia
Thailand
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — Libération
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Women
United Kingdom
Government proposals for female prison system reforms have been welcomed as a step forward
Source — The National
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Results from Penal Reform International’s project on women in criminal justice system in Georgia
News
Women
Georgia
In December 2016, Penal Reform International concluded a one-year project that was dedicated to pursuing a gender-specific criminal justice system in Georgia, in line with the UN Bangkok Rules.
Source — Penal Reform International
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Women
Ireland
Ireland is sending too many women to prison for non-violent offences, including failure to pay court-ordered fines, and the lack of provision of gender-specific alternatives to prison and the lack of open prison facilities for women may amount to discrimination under the UN Convention on Elimination…
Source — IPRT
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North America
Women
United States
Mass incarceration of women was one of the important issues highlighted by the Women’s March on Washington.
Source — The Washington Post
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Women
Europe
Justice
Violence
Religion
France
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — Le Figaro
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Women
Colombia
Visitors are flocking to a new gourmet restaurant in Cartagena with a difference; it’s located inside the San Diego women’s prison and the inmates in pink turbans cook and serve the food.
Restaurante Interno opened in December and has already attracted a strong turnout in the tourist town. Visitors eat…
Source — Lonely Planet
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Culture
Women
Middle East
Israel
Sorry, this article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — Supermax.be
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Women
Oceania
Facilities
Australia
The first inmates have moved into WA’s new women’s jail, where the private operators are being offered cash incentives by the Government to ensure prisoners are rehabilitated.
In an Australian first, the company Sodexo will get bonus payments for ensuring inmates at Melaleuca prison do not reoffend.
If…
Source — ABC
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Testimonial
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.
Source — Associated Press
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Women
Europe
Discipline
Religion
France
Sorry, this article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — Le Point
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Women
Asia
Justice
China
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Source — Radio France
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Women
Health
Mental health
United Kingdom
From self-harming in groups to starvation and self-immolation, women are overwhelmingly more likely than men to hurt themselves while incarcerated. So why isn’t the prison system responding?
Maria, 29, is a disability rights activist who uses a wheelchair. She also has borderline personality disorder…
Source — Broadly
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Women
Europe
Middle East
Torture
Turkey
Sorry, this article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.
Source — Kedistan
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Women
Afghanistan
When 18-year-old Fawzia was convicted of elopement and adultery, a local Afghan court in the southeastern province of Paktika sentenced her to jail.
She soon discovered that she would not be serving the 18-month sentence in a government-run prison, but in the house of a tribal elder where she would work…
Source — Reuters
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North America
Women
Canada
Préoccupé par la cohabitation de détenus des deux sexes à la prison Leclerc, le ministre de la Sécurité publique, Martin Coiteux, conclut qu’il faut construire un nouveau centre de détention pour femmes dans la région de Montréal.
Dans une entrevue accordée au Devoir, le ministre Coiteux a révélé qu’il…
Source — Le Devoir
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Africa
Women
Uganda
When you walk through the administration block of Luzira Women’s Prison, the first thing you notice is the neat lawn. Then, you see students studying under three trees. In their yellow uniforms, these are not your average students, though.
Four women sit on benches under the first tree, facing a blackboard…
Source — Daily Monitor
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Women
Europe
France
Les cellules dédiées aux détenues féminines sont occupées à 200 %, selon un syndicat.
Elle a décroché un (triste) record. Ce week-end, la partie réservée aux femmes de la maison d’arrêt de Nice est devenue “la plus surpeuplée de France avec 79 détenues pour 39 places”, selon le syndicat UFAP-UNSa justice.
C’est…
Source — 20 Minutes
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