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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 29/03/2021
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The Dean questioned the mechanisms that judges can utilise when handing down sentences to those convicted. “We need to ask: ‘Why are there more people in jail?’ Is it because we are being more efficient in the way we are investigating, or are there other difficulties, such as judges not having other…
Source — Independent
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Amnesty International calls for the immediate release of all those who have been detained for exercising their rights to freedom of expression and assembly, and for the immediate release of Aleksei Navalny who is being arbitrarily detained and denied access to independent healthcare.
“On Wednesday, in…
Source — Amnistía internacional
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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 in…
Source — Irish Times
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“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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Russie : Alexeï Navalny entame une grève de la faim pour protester contre l’absence d’accès à des soins
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Suisse : la justice restaurative pourrait faire son entrée dans le Code de procédure pénale
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Belgium: what is Haren ?
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One billion euros have been invested in the construction of Haren, a massive prison complex located on the outskirts of Brussels.
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And yet most of us know very little about prisons. In fact, gaining entry or even insight into prisons as an outsider is quite rare. In Canada, only parliamentarians and judges cannot be denied access to federal prisons.
If the measure of civil society is based on how it treats its most vulnerable members,…
Source — The Conversation
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Italy: “political action is powerless"
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The second wave of the pandemic hit prisons with overwhelming force. What can the authorities do?
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As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the 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
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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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Spain: managing uncertainty
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As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the Spanish 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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Ireland: managing uncertainty
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As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the Irish 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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Norway: managing uncertainty
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As the COVID-19 outbreaks around the world suprised most governments, how did the Norwegian 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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España: décadas sin respuesta a miles de denuncias de desaparición forzada, apropiación y/o sustitución de identidad de niños y niñas
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Polonia: la absolución de las mujeres del halo arcoíris pone en evidencia tácticas de intimidación contra activistas
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Bielorrusia: las autoridades atacan a menores de edad para reprimir la disidencia
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UK: different sides of a shared story
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As the pandemic hit the UK, researchers were banned from entering prisons. The Prison Reform Trust remotely mobilised about 800 prisoners to share how the measures were affecting them. Prison Insider asked them three questions.
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Georges was incarcerated for 12 months in the prison of Fribourg while awaiting sentencing. He recounts how a day in prison unfolds.
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Ireland: prison service and HSE seek to put new supports in place to reduce self-harm in prisons
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A new tender request jointly issued by the HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention and the Irish Prison Service said they want to “gain greater insight into the effectiveness of current practices being used in the prison service to manage self-harm and suicidality” and “obtain research and implementation…
Source — Irish examiner
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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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The Irish Prison Service has insisted that it is effectively dealing with potential crowding issues at jails across the country.
The number of prisoners has been rising as more remand court cases and more trials are taking place.
But with the COVID crisis looming over the prison system, bosses say they…
Source — Irish mirror
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