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January 24, 2023

Netherlands: Ultra-secure prison to get its own courtroom

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Judges there will be able to handle the sessions of criminal cases, reducing the need to transfer detainees to courthouses elsewhere in the Netherlands. The small courtroom within the walls of the penitentiary will cost 15 million euros and is already under construction, wrote Legal Protection Mini…

Source — NL Times

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January 24, 2023

Egypt: 22 minors sentenced to lengthy prison terms

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An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced 22 children to lengthy prison sentences ranging between five and 15 years over rare anti-government protests that took place across the country four years ago. The charges brought against the defendants included posting videos on YouTube calling for the protest…

Source — Middle East Eye

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January 11, 2023

India: Delhi HC says undertrial prisoners can’t be detained in custody for an indefinite period

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While hearing a bail plea of a man incarcerated for two years in a cheating case, the Delhi High Court recently held that in cases where speedy trial does not seem like a possibility, “undertrial prisoners cannot be detained in custody for an indefinite period”. A single-judge bench of Justice Amit…

Source — The Indian Express

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December 8, 2022

Luxembourg: Third prison inaugurated

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The ‘Uerschterhaff’ prison was inaugurated with great pomp and ceremony on Wednesday. The Grand Duke, the Ministers of Justice and Public Works, the Mayor of the municipality and the Director of the Prison Administration attended the event. The facility in Sanem is to be used primarily to separate…

Source — RTL Today

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December 8, 2022

Colombia: El Ministerio de Justicia anuncia un plan para reformar el sistema penitenciario en 2023

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December 1, 2022

Mujeres en prisión: una población vulnerable

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December 1, 2022

Argentina: El Gobierno respondió al informe sobre la situación de los detenidos en comisarías

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November 29, 2022

Argentina: el papa Francisco criticó “el deterioro de las condiciones de detención”

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November 29, 2022

Argentina: debate por mejorar las condiciones en cárceles y alcaidías bonaerenses

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November 29, 2022

Argentina: elaboración de un informe sobre las condiciones de detención en Entre Ríos

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November 28, 2022

India: prisoners on life term can be freed after 14 years

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The Pushkar Singh Dhami-led state cabinet on Monday gave its approval to a home (prison) department proposal that recommends release of prisoners serving life imprisonment after completing a 14 years’ jail term on the grounds of good conduct.

Source — The Times of India

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November 7, 2022

France: in search of freedom

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Kevin Dubost is a photographer and social worker who led the project “À traversé” between 2019 and 2021: a series of photographs capturing the moments when people being released from prison experienced freedom. He describes one of his photographs. Read more

November 7, 2022

Narratives of mass incarceration around the globe

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Dr. Dreisinger is the founder of the Incarceration Nations Network (INN), an international community that works to support, instigate and popularize prison reform efforts around the world. Prison Insider met her in Lyon during a joint screening of the docuseries. We asked her three questions in a v… Read more

October 3, 2022

Brazil: voting rights are flouted

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Brazil, 2022, electoral year. The law provides that prisoners in pre-trial detention are allowed to vote. There is an ongoing legal battle for the right to vote for people in pre-trial detention. Read more

September 30, 2022

Israel: human rights lawyer in Israeli prison goes on hunger strike

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Salah Hamouri stages protest against being imprisoned without charge for the last six months

Source — The Guardian

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September 30, 2022

Ecuador: UN Torture Prevention Body to visit the country amid prison crisis

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The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) will visit Ecuador from 25 September to 1 October 2022 in light of recent prison riots and violence.Rights experts from the SPT were alarmed by the ongoing violence within Ecuador’s prison system, which has led to the death of hundreds of inmates i…

Source — United Nations

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September 30, 2022

Russie : Alexeï Nalvany détenu dans des conditions toujours plus dures

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Les conditions dans lesquelles est détenu le militant politique russe Alexeï Navalny semblent empirer, selon des informations et des photos publiées récemment.

Source — Amnesty International

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September 22, 2022

Ivory Coast: the price of freedom

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David D. was imprisoned in the Abidjan prison (MACA) for 29 months, and he is still awaiting trial. This is a testimony of an arbitrary detention, amidst uncertainty and corruption. Read more

September 20, 2022

Salvador: procurador Apolonio Tobar confirma muerte de detenidos bajo régimen de excepción en el país

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September 20, 2022

Colombia: reportan un nuevo intento de fuga de detenidos en una estación de Policía en el suroccidente de Bogotá

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September 20, 2022

Uruguay: mayoría de uruguayos prefiere invertir en rehabilitación antes que en cárceles

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September 20, 2022

Colombia: comisión Latinoamericana de Derechos Humanos sugiere repensar la política criminal del país

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September 20, 2022

Nicaragua: political prisoners

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The human rights record of the government of Daniel Ortega is appalling. Since 2018, when authorities brutally cracked down on protesters, the government has arbitrarily detained and prosecuted a range of people perceived as government critics, including journalists and political opponents. Authori…

Source — Human Rights Watch

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September 20, 2022

Suisse : 60 détenus de Champ-Dollon signent une pétition

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