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Indonésie : l’enfer du feu dans une prison
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Malta
Speaking in a press conference earlier today, Abela said that he also backed the magisterial inquiry into the incident – and would wait for its conclusion before taking a position on the fatal incident.
A magisterial inquiry was opened soon after the inmate’s suicide attempt on 16th June. She had last…
Source — Lovinmalta
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New Zealand
Corrections cut its AOD (Alcohol and Other Drug) Brief Support Programme and its AOD Intermediate Treatment Programme in 2018, which has seen a massive drop in the number of prisoners receiving treatment. Corrections continue to offer drug treatment programmes ranging from three to 12 months long, delivered…
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United States: addressing the structural inequalities underlying a failing prison health system
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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’. Homer Venters is a physician and epidemiologist working at the intersection of incarceration, health and human rights.…
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Thailand: the overcriminalization of meth, a failed moral crusade
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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’. Pascal Tanguay discusses the overcriminalization of meth-related crimes in Thailand and its consequences.
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Life imprisonment: a sentence in dire need of reform
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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’. In this piece, Olivia Rope, Executive Director of Penal Reform International (PRI), discusses life sentences, a key priority…
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The Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR) partnered with Prison Insider to share the results of one of its most extensive research projects. We invite you to learn about it below.
The world has seen unprecedented growth in prison populations in recent decades and today well over…
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Niger
Spokesman for the Kano State Correctional Center, DSC Musbahu Kofar-Nassarawa said the authorities discovered that some illegal items, such as marijuana and mobile phones were smuggled into the prison.
He said upon discovery of the items, the officials swiftly confiscated them, prompting the inmates…
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Brazil
Despite many differences at the legal, social and economic levels, Brazil and the United States have commonalities in their use of female incarceration. The Instituto Terra, Trabalho e Cidadania (Land, Labour and Citizenship Institute, ITTC) undertook a comparative investigation to identify recurrent…
Source — The Instituto Terra, Trabalho e Cidadania (ITTC)
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Ecuador
According to Ecuador’s interior ministry, the number of inmates killed in gang warfare in Cuenca, Guayaquil and Latacunga prisons was at least 79. Earlier Tuesday, the ministry said that 62 had died but said later that it had discovered additional bodies and body parts.
The death count early, by prison,…
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Ireland
More than €3.7m has been spent by the Irish Prison Service on medications for inmates over the past two years.
The bill at a single prison can be in excess of €50,000 a month, according to the data, with costs highest at the Midlands Prison in Co Laois.
The Irish Prison Service said many of those sent…
Source — Irish examiner
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El Salvador
In April 2019, Carlos Martinez was visiting a prison for gang members in El Salvador, having gained rare access to help with a photography project. A reporter for national newspaper El Faro, Martinez, 41, was used to dealing with the gangs that have over decades made his country one of the most violent…
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Read more Luxembourg : vers l'élimination des drogues en prison
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Guyana
Under the legislation, the offence would be punishable by mandatory counselling “for a period to be determined by the counsellor”.
Currently, possession of 15 grams or less could attract a trafficking charge with a prison sentence between three to five years, and a fine of no less than GUY$30,000 (US$144).…
Source — The Gleaner
Read more France : faim, manque d’hygiène et chantage, le calvaire des pauvres en prison
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Argentina: por qué son cada vez más las mujeres presas por vender drogas
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Brazil: drugs, walls and being a woman
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Brazil’s prison population tripled in 20 years, resulting to a total of 770,000 inmates in 2,600 prisons. This is due to an increased recourse to detention. The incarceration rate of 133 in 2000 has grown to 466 in nearly two decades. The narration of women imprisonment seems to follow the same trajectory.…
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United Kingdom
My day starts at 07.30am, when we receive handover in a multipurpose room off one of the wings. It’s a Victorian prison: space is tight. A lone cockroach scuttles back into the safety of darkness. At night only cell doors are locked and it’s always odd to walk through open gates.
After the night nurse’s…
Source — Nursingnotes
Read more Uruguay: 8 de cada 10 presas consumen drogas según una encuesta relevada en 17 cárceles
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Cambodia
At the beginning of the year, Cambodia’s largest prison facility exceeded 9,500 prisoners – which is 463% over its maximum capacity of 2,050
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch want reforms to be deepened and made permanent, through the review and amendment of the Law on Drug Control
‘Cambodia’s…
Source — Amesty International
Read more Spain: el coronavirus acaba con las muertes por sobredosis en las cárceles
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Belgium: "les prisons sont au bord de l’explosion, on risque le drame"
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