Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

May 5, 2022

Interview

Ukraine: “prisons are left on their own”

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Information about prison is not easily accessible, even less during the war. Prison Insider is seeking to update its information about Ukrainian prisons. Read more

May 24, 2022

France : "there is a good amount of wandering around in my line of work"

Interview

Europe Material conditions Facilities Overcrowding France

Thierry Chantegret is a photographer with the French National Preventive Mechanism team. He spoke with us about the role of photography, his approach, and how he gets down to the facts. Read more

April 21, 2022

Council of Europe anti-torture Committee visits Poland

News

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A delegation of the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out a periodic visit to Poland from 21 March to 1 April 2022. It was the Committee’s seventh periodic visit to this country.

Source — CPT

March 24, 2022

New Zealand: Public-private partnership prison to experience same problems when taken over by government

News

Oceania Facilities New Zealand

“Once there is a take-over, they will be subjected to the pool of challenges we face at the Department of Correctional Services,” acting national commissioner Makgothi Thobakgale said. Thobakgale made the statement when briefing the portfolio committee on their readiness to take over the Mangaung a…

Source — IOL

February 11, 2022

España : Instituciones Penitenciarias quiere trasladar 200 presos de la península a Ceuta

News

Europe Facilities Spain

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: Spanish

January 6, 2022

“Hearing the sounds of the city”

Interview

Facilities Alternatives Rehabilitation Work France

Detention villages, open prisons, small prisons: what is there to say? We asked geographer Olivier Milhaud three questions. For him, large prisons built outside of cities are “a disaster”. Read more

December 23, 2021

Burundi : l’incendie d’une prison fait 38 morts et 69 blessés parmi les détenus

News

Africa Facilities Overcrowding Burundi

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French

December 23, 2021

Netherlands: Why the Dutch are closing prisons – and what they’re doing with empty ones

News

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A vast X-shaped building marks the spot on an Amsterdam map that has brought a decade-long search to a close. Spread across three maxed-out campuses, with almost 1,000 students on roll, the British School of Amsterdam had struggled to keep up with the capital’s growing demand for international educ…

Source — Positive news

December 17, 2021

Park closed

Analysis

Facilities Alternatives France

“Quiet, we’re closed “ Marc Uhry thinks about the shrinking of freedom. Free rein on city, prison and confinement. Read more

December 17, 2021

France: Is prison a business like any other?

Interview

Material conditions Facilities Alternatives Work France

Does having a prison in a region represent a money-making venture? Does it generate jobs? Does it increase the total amount of funds granted to a municipality? Read more

December 10, 2021

Prison & the City

Comparative study

Material conditions Facilities Social ties Alternatives Rehabilitation

Hidden prison, modern prison, dilapidated prison, “open” prison: wall to wall, Prison Insider investigated the links between city and prison. In partnership with Rescaled, we gave a number of different people a space to share their point of view. Read more

December 7, 2021

Model Prisons, an “unmitigated disaster”?

Interview

Facilities Alternatives

Is there such a thing as an ideal prison? Reforms seem to follow one another without undermining the concept of what Grégory Salle calls the “model prison”. Is the prison a success that persists? Read more

November 9, 2021

Égypte : Le régime de Sissi, si fier de sa jolie nouvelle prison géante

News

Africa Facilities Egypt

This article is not available in English. This article is available in the following versions: French, Spanish

October 29, 2021

Roland: “Great. This again.”

Testimonial

Coronavirus Health Facilities Rehabilitation France

Roland was imprisoned for a total of 28 years. Is the lockdown a second imprisonment? Prison Insider has brought out six narratives of former prisoners. Six perspectives on the lockdown and imprisonment. Read more