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We have information on approximately 90 countries available on our website. It was collected, translated into three languages, and made available in the form of country profiles and comparison data.
We dedicated 2018 to optimizing our methodology. The redesign of our information gathering tools was…
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An overlooked tragedy
Analysis
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Europe
Suicide
Overcrowding
Violence
France
After Slovenia, our country has the highest rate of prison suicide in Europe. How can this be? There are numerous causes, but they can be examined by asking two questions: who is being punished? How are they being punished? The first one is a penal policy question; the second a prison policy one.
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Move along, please. Nothing to see here
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Seeing red.
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Violence
France
Riots, mutinies, and hostage-takings follow each other without any explanation being provided for the motivations that led to their commission. A soft litany serves to quietly introduce a basic idea: prisoners should keep quiet and stay right where they are; preferably longer than expected. They ha…
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Do you dare? - Open letter to Mr. Macron
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Prison Insider's editorial — March 2017
Prison Insider's editorials
South America
Health
Drugs
— By Eliane Martinez.
The history of prisons in the Americas is one of traffic from South to North and North to South: trade of goods, humans and knowledge.
Trade of goods: for 30 years, the drug trade has been ravaging the most vulnerable communities on the American continent. The “war on drugs”…
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Free access to the Prison Insider web site
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Happy New Year 2017!
This was the wish for many of you: access to the Prison Insider web site is now free, for everyone, for every country!
We will take you on an unusual journey to one of the most disregarded parts of the planet: the land of confinement and its over ten million inhabitants. Given…
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Prison Insider's launching
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France
We are incredibly proud to announce the launch of Prison Insider, the site for information and discussion about the world’s prisons. From this point, you will all have access to the site at www.prison-insider.com. Prison Insider is the result of a large team effort, from conception through to the p…
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