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March 18, 2020

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Coronavirus: Prison Fever

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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 08/04/20 Read more

March 30, 2020

Bosnia-Herzegovina: convicts of Zenica prison sewed over 2,000 protective masks in only two days

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In just two days, the convicts of the Zenica Correctional Institution sewed close to 1,500 protective masks to make available to those in need. As Klix.ba news portal has learned, ten convicts have worked hard over the past two days to sew as many masks as they plan to donate to the Government of the…

Source — Sarajevo Times

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March 26, 2020

France: à la prison de Rennes, être détenu et boursier, c'est possible !

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March 11, 2020

France: aux élections municipales, les détenus ne pourront pas voter en prison

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March 6, 2020

USA: Texas bans greeting cards in prison

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Every February 9, Joseph Mallonee sends his mother a handmade birthday card, with pastel hearts and roses sketched inside a Texas prison. Three weeks later, his mother returns the favor, buying a card or two from the local dollar store and mailing it to Huntsville in time for her son’s February 20 birthday.…

Source — Texas Monthly

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March 5, 2020

France: les détenus de la prison de Bois-d’Arcy lancent leur propre chaîne de télé

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February 28, 2020

USA: reading comes at a cost

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At the age of seventeen, Chris Wilson is sentenced to life without parole. In prison, he formulates what he calls a “master plan”. The document sets his project for self-improvement and draws the way to changing his life. He serves 16 years before being freed. And reading books was a great deal. Read more

February 27, 2020

USA: construction, welding, GED: the impact of prison education

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On a typical school day, the carpentry workshop at Ingram State Technical College is buzzing with activity. Men in white prison uniforms chisel, saw and paint, transforming raw wood into decorative tables, chairs and art. Instructor Eddie Lucas watches from the front of the room.

Source — Birmingham Watch

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February 26, 2020

France: l’intervention d’étudiants en prison pourrait reprendre dès la rentrée 2020

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February 12, 2020

France: "aux oubliées", l’initiative pour offrir des livres aux femmes en prison

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February 10, 2020

France: ces futurs arbitres formés en prison (vidéo)

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February 10, 2020

France: interview de Christelle Rotach, directrice de prison

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February 10, 2020

France: le parquet antiterroriste empêche une sortie de trois heures pour un détenu en prison depuis trente ans

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February 7, 2020

Turkey: we are not likely to be freed from prison before the outside world becomes free

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Arrested in Kandıra Type F Prison, former HDP Co-Chair Figen Yüksekdağ says that she has started playing a musical instrument in prison: “I make no claim in arts, my days in prison are turning into a lively and smooth life.”

Source — Bianet

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February 7, 2020

France: le contrôleur des prisons demande d’ouvrir un « accès contrôlé » à Internet

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January 17, 2020

France: à la prison de Réau, les détenus s’évadent par la danse

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January 2, 2020

France: à la prison de Fleury-Mérogis, les détenus reçoivent leurs cadeaux de Noël

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December 27, 2019

New Zealand: prison-grown fresh veggies feeding families in need

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Fresh vegetables can be expensive at Christmas time, but needy Auckland families will be able to get some for free this year courtesy of New Zealand’s toughest prison. Boxes filled with fresh prison-grown veggies have been donated to the Salvation Army to distribute among families and individuals.

Source — RNZ

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December 20, 2019

Pāri mūriem

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Behind the walls of the juvenile detention centre of Cēsis, the prisoners are getting bored. Jérémie Jung leads photography workshops with 10 of them but is confronted with censorship by the prison administration. Read more

December 5, 2019

France: an elusive escape

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Natacha Galvez taught art history to inmates at Fleury-Mérogis. She is head of communications for the organisation Art et Prison. She is studying for her doctorate in philosophie esthétique and her thesis is on the creation of art in the prison environment. The following is our interview with her. Read more

August 5, 2019

Canada: new music project allows women to tell their stories from prison

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Singing My Way Home pilot project helps female inmates in Miramichi compose their own songs.

Source — CBC

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May 24, 2019

Brazil: la Fashion Week entre en prison à Sao Paulo

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May 5, 2019

Malaysia: taiping prison opens handicraft gallery at Bukit Merah Laketown Resort

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Visitors will be spoilt for choice to see and buy various handicrafts showcased in a gallery at the Bukit Merah Laketown Resort here.

Source — Bernama

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April 17, 2019

France: "Prison Breakfast", une émission où l'on "invente des recettes à partir des repas fournis aux détenus"

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