Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

September 17, 2020

France : suicides en prison

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September 15, 2020

México: las otras pandemias en las cárceles

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September 14, 2020

España: el gobierno vasco urge a "adaptar la política penitenciaria a la realidad actual"

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September 13, 2020

Prison Insider in 2019

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Prison Insider aims to gather and provide publicly useful information on the state of prisons and detention conditions across the world. Take a look at the activities carried out in 2019 by leafing through our activity report.

July 29, 2020

UK: Children in detention may face Covid-19 restrictions until 2022, ‘It’s just too long’

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Rules allowing up to 22 hours of solitary confinement for young offenders could continue, in move lawyers say is ‘very concerning’

July 24, 2020

Uruguay: Salud sexual y reproductiva en cárceles: papanicolau, colposcopía, mamografía, anticoncepción y asesoramiento de IVE

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South America Women Mental health Rehabilitation Work Uruguay

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July 8, 2020

UK: lockdown report reveals HMP Maidstone inmates confined to cell for 23 hours a day with higher number of self-harm incidents

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An inspection of a Kent prison during lockdown has revealed inmates have been confined to their cells for 23 hours a day and had no face-to-face contact with the outside world for at least 12 weeks. The report has also highlighted a “self-inflicted death” at HMP Maidstone since the restrictions cam…

July 6, 2020

Dura crítica del Defensor del Pueblo a la crueldad en las cárceles españolas

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Europe Minors Mental health Spain

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June 24, 2020

France: la prison altère le fonctionnement du cerveau

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Europe Mental health France

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June 23, 2020

UK: "A day in the life of a Prison Nurse"

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Nurse Katie Haddon talks readers through a day in the life of a Prison Nurse.

June 4, 2020

USA: solitary confinement is fueling New York's prison suicide crisis

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North America Mental health Suicide United States

On average, someone attempts suicide in one of New York State’s prisons every other day. And 43 percent of those suicide attempts occur in the state’s notorious solitary confinement units — the Special Housing Unit, or SHUs. Solitary confinement is also linked to higher rates of death by suicide, a…

June 4, 2020

South America: las mujeres tienen mayor riesgo de suicidio en las cárceles

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May 19, 2020

Honduras: cut off by coronavirus, Hondurans in packed prison suffer mental toll

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LA ESPERANZA, Honduras (Reuters) - For Yerbin Estrada, the worst part of the day is when the sun begins to set. The hundreds of inmates of La Esperanza prison in central Honduras must leave its small courtyard and file back to their cramped cells. “That is when the hell really begins,” said the pow…

April 9, 2020

France: en 2019, ils sont morts en prison

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March 12, 2020

Women in prison: a "tough place"

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Women and girls make up 7% of the global prison population, in various proportions. While they represent 3% in African countries, it goes up to 8 % in the Americas, and 6 % in Europe. The highest proportions are found in Hong Kong-China (21%), Laos (18%) or Qatar (15%).

March 5, 2020

USA: el confinamiento en solitario prolongado en las cárceles equivale a tortura psicológica

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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

November 19, 2019

USA: Artist JR teamed up with current and former inmates to create a mural at a supermax prison outside LA

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North America Mental health United States

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November 17, 2019

France: délinquants "psychiatriques": leur place est-elle en prison?

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Europe Mental health France

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November 13, 2019

UK: security firm to monitor prisoner vulnerability at Kilmarnock Prison in bid to prevent suicide and self harm

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Europe Mental health Suicide United Kingdom

Changes in behaviour are highlighted to prison officers – allowing them to intervene before a prisoner self-harms or attempts suicide.

November 12, 2019

Turkey: radicalisation en prison, l'ONU en quête de solutions

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Europe Discipline Justice Mental health Rehabilitation Turkey

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November 1, 2019

UK: mental health act: calls to end "horrific" detention of young people with autism

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Europe Health Mental health United Kingdom

“It has been left to the media and desperate, anguished parents to expose the brutal reality of our system of detention of people with learning disabilities or autism.“

September 24, 2019

France: prisons and mental health

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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…

September 18, 2019

Spain: alertan del elevado número de casos de enfermedad mental en las cárceles

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Europe Mental health Spain

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