Activities
Lebanon: using theatre as therapy in prison
Testimonial
Culture
Women
Middle East
Mental health
Activities
Lebanon
Theatre comes to Lebanese prisons. Catharsis is an organisation that offers drama therapy workshops in prisons. Its director Zeina Daccache produced documentaries about three such projects that took place in prisons.
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Brazil: destacan la alta escolaridad formal en las cárceles de la región
News
South America
Activities
Brazil
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Argentina: en las cárceles de PBA más de 5.200 internos se sumaron a los pabellones literarios
News
South America
Activities
Argentina
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Argentina: un centenar de personas de 18 cárceles crearon un mural móvil contra el trabajo infantil
News
South America
Activities
Argentina
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UK: finding an outlet
Testimonial
España: Interior reabrirá las piscinas tras dos años de pandemia
News
Europe
Activities
Spain
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Perù : La moda social teje reinserción en las cárceles
News
South America
Activities
Rehabilitation
Work
Peru
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España : Literatura de evasión: qué leen los presos en las cárceles españolas
News
Europe
Activities
Spain
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France: in search of meaning
Testimonial
Women
Europe
Activities
Social ties
Religion
France
Sakina is a Muslim chaplain in prison. She guides female prisoners in their religious practice. Ramadan, daily organiszation, work on self-esteem… She tells us all about it
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Sunny Jacobs: Life Inside
Testimonial
North America
Mental health
Material conditions
Death penalty
Activities
United States
What is daily life on death row like? Sunny Jacobs was sentenced to death and spent seventeen years in detention for a crime she did not commit. She tells Prison Insider about her detention conditions and the burden of complete isolation.
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Culture
South America
Activities
Brazil
Inmates who read books during their time in prison get their imprisonment time reduced, as per a report by Reuters. Brazil is one of the most crime-prone places in Latin America. Brazil’s prisons have always been considered as places to be hosting some of the most dangerous people in the world alon…
Source — The Financial Express
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Asia
Activities
Singapore
So the 30-year-old was in disbelief when he received his results last week, scoring two A1s out of five subjects, a vast improvement from 2009, when he failed all his subjects except English. Richard was among 58 candidates from Prison School who sat the exam last year (2021).He enrolled in the sch…
Source — The Straits Time
Read more Italie : En prison, “la génération de mafiosi la plus cultivée de tous les temps”
News
Culture
Europe
Long-term prisoners
Activities
Italy
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Japon : Les prisons japonaises s’adaptent au vieillissement de leurs détenus
News
Elderly prisoners
Asia
Activities
Japan
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Asia
Activities
India
Atul Chandra Kulkarni, Additional Director General of Police and Inspector General of Prisons and Correctional Services, informed that sports training for inmates will be started soon at Yerwada Jail.Kulkarni was speaking after inaugurating the ‘Parivartan – Prison to Pride’ campaign on the occasio…
Source — Puneka News
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Africa
Pre-trial detention
Minors
Activities
Rehabilitation
South Africa
The Judicial Inspectorate Correctional Services (Jics) issued statistics stating that as of May 31, there were 55 children in remand detention, 3 105 juveniles awaiting trial, 42 children sentenced and 1 503 juveniles sentenced. Jics spokesperson Emerantia Cupido said between 2019 and 2020 there we…
Source — IOL
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Europe: the long road to human dignity
Analysis
Opinion
Pre-trial detention
Europe
Justice
Material conditions
Overcrowding
Activities
Social ties
ICPR and Prison Insider asked several experts worldwide to share their insights in the framework of the project ‘Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in 10 countries’. Here, Maïté de Rue discusses the overuse of pre-trial detention in Europe and its consequences.
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Culture
Europe
Activities
Rehabilitation
Work
Ireland
The Mountjoy and Maynooth University (MJMU) project aims to become a template across the prison service to “disrupt the inevitability” of a life in and out of the prison system for many offenders.
Dr Rose Ryan, director of the access programme in MU, said while the university was already involved i…
Source — Irish Times
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Culture
Europe
Long-term prisoners
Activities
United Kingdom
“Being encased within steel and mortar shouldn’t alter the fundamental essence of a human being. Amid the brutality and apathy of the prison system, some find the ability to be creative” (Steeldoorstudios exposes the challenges of the creative process in prison.)
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Argentina: managing uncertainty
Analysis
Coronavirus
South America
Material conditions
Activities
Social ties
Argentina
As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the Argentinian authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?
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Chile : Managing uncertainty
Analysis
Coronavirus
South America
Health
Material conditions
Protest
Activities
Social ties
Work
Chile
As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the Chilean authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?
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France: managing uncertainty
Analysis
Coronavirus
Europe
Material conditions
Protest
Activities
Social ties
France
As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the French authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?
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New Zealand: managing uncertainty
Analysis
Coronavirus
Oceania
Material conditions
Activities
Social ties
Work
New Zealand
As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the New Zealand authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?
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Costa Rica: managing uncertainty
Analysis
Coronavirus
South America
Material conditions
Activities
Social ties
Costa Rica
As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the Costa Rican authorities respond to the crisis behind the bars? Were prison authorities prepared to avoid the spread of the virus? Which measures were taken and how did them impact prisoners’ lives?
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